Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life.

Family, that slippery word, a star to every wandering bark, and everyone sailing under a different sky.

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

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.

It exasperated her sometimes. The way men could be so sure of themselves. They put words together like sheds or shelves and you could stand on them they were so solid. And those feelings which overwhelmed you in the small hours turned to smoke.