He really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility.

What I love about the theatre is that it's always metaphorical. It's like going back to being a kid again, and we're all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film.

Many childrens writers dont have children of their own

If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.

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.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone.