It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.

Anything that gets children reading is fine.

I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing. I just try to write what I feel passionately about, to tell a story down onto the page.

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.

Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them.

But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey, known her all my life. S'pose I know her almost as well as I know myself, and I like her a lot better.