Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the story we need to write, they read the story they need to read.

If you love a waist, you waste a love.

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.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

Sometimes living takes more courage than dying.