I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else.

But I don't feel sad about it. Because Mother is dead. And because Mr. Shears isn't around anymore. So I would be feeling sad about something that isn't real and doesn't exist. And that would be stupid.

Many childrens writers dont have children of their own

Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing?

I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car works all the time. But as soon as something happens, you get the bonnet up. If someone has an abnormal or dysfunctional state of mind, you get the bonnet up.

Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.