There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.

I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.

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

There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.

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

My Albert married his Maisie Brown as he said he would. But I think she never took to me, nor I to her for that matter. Perhaps it was a feeling of mutual jealousy.