I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly.

You must never imagine, that just because something is funny, it is not also dangerous.

You know, I'm normally so sanguine. But... being accused of rushing these two books out to cash in on the Newbery Medal, without access to time travel equipment or anything, just makes me want to bang my forehead gently against a tree for half an hour. Is it too much to ask people to think?

Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.

The Time Lords really didn't like genocide. I'm not too keen on it myself. It's the potential you're killing off. What if, one day, there was a good Dalek? What if...

Different people remember things differently, and you'll not get any two people to remember anything the same, whether they were there or not.

You have a very open relationship with your fans." "Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers.