I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.

I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.