I don't need you to agree with me," she said quietly." I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. Perhaps if we feed it with curiosity it will blossom into something useful, like suspicion - and action.

If it's a chimera alert, we just follows the screams.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and you can't walk to the bathroom.

Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.