Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men.

To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.