I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.

I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.

Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.

I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.

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

I stress character, character, character.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.