The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is a bad thing.

The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.

The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.

As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.

Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.

Amy: This time can we... lose the bunk beds? The Doctor: No Bunk beds are cool, a bed with a ladder, you can't beat that!