I think i'm just breathing, that's all. And there's a difference between breathing and being alive.
John BoyneI like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve the problems for them. They could use their own ingenuity, use their own talents to solve whatever the issue was. And I like that still. I think that children want to read about heroic children. They don't want to read about children that have to be saved all the time.
John BoyneWhat exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?
John BoyneIt's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.
John Boyne