You write to be read. That is the bottom line.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

The main plot line is simple: Getting your character to the foot of the tree, getting him up the tree, and then figuring out how to get him down again.

Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.