Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Elf made his way fuzzily back to the drawer, trying to think nasty thoughts about his tormentor (Mungo the dog) but he couldn't, as he was too little and his mind was formless and without messages.( Elf the tiny kitten Mungo tormented )

Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut.

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.

writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

Writing is an antisocial act.