I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

There is still in many schools complete misapprehension that children with reading difficulties are stupid. It is so easy to teach a child that they're dumb. There needs to be a recognition that you need different ways to teach children who have got reading problems.

I do read very, very quickly. I do process data very quickly. And so I write very quickly. And it is embarrassing because there is a conception that the things that you do quickly are not done well. I think that's probably one of the reasons I don't like the idea of prolific.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

A lot of dyslexic kids are actually more intelligent than average and are very good, because they've got very good memories, at disguising the fact that they can't read or have got problems in reading and literacy.

Death had ruled my life till I met Lady Dance. Her dance had set me free.