Young man," he said, "understand this: there are two Londons. There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by the people who fell through the cracks in the world. Now you're one of them. Good night.

I think that is something that I always like in my work - the sense of inclusion rather than the sense of otherness.

All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.

Yes. Growing up is highly overrated. Just be an author.

When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.

It's just harder out there in the world of the living, and we cannot protect you out there as easily. I wanted to keep you perfectly safe...But there is only one perfectly safe place for your kind, and you will not reach it until all your adventures are over and none of them matter any longer.