That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.