Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new.

The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted exactly the same but completely different. I'd much rather just do something completely different even if there's a risk of it going wrong.

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there's a story there.

I find people confusing.