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.

Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen.

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

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

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.

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

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