People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books.

It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.

I don't want to die, really. I'm interested in what happens next, so I've got to keep on.

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.