I hate [ebooks]. It's like making believe there's another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of sex. There isn't another kind of book! A book is a book is a book.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.

I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

I think that if in your heart, you are seeking out a real puzzle, and you're not looking to frighten anybody, you're not looking to upset anybody, and you're looking to discuss a subject that you yourself went through when you were nine - you just don't remember the difficulties of one's own childhood.

William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.