Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

The anateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can't go wrong.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

All I care about really is writing something worthwhile for children, something that will engage them in some way and stimulates in them a sense of wonder.

I would like to make one thing quite clear. ... I never explain anything.

If somebody can act out one of the books as a play, if they can see a play, film, or television show that's related, that can be so stimulating for them. Anything that makes children engage and think - and love what the story is about - can only bring the most enormous rewards.

I always knew I had this voice, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I realized I had the power to do something with it.