Oh- my twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls of ice Cream. I give you lots of kisses, And I give lots of hugs, But I never give you sandwiches With bugs In.

There's a but, isn't there?" said Coraline. "I can feel it. Like a rain cloud.

I've been inspired by dreams - I've even stolen scenes or images or characters from them.

There aren't any good guys, and there aren't any bad guys. There's just us. People. Doing our best to get by.

You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of apparent triumph. No matter how grandiose, how well-planned, how apparently foolproof of an evil plan, the inherent sinfulness will by definition rebound upon its instigators. No matter how apparently successful it may seem upon the way, at the end it will wreck itself. It will founder upon the rocks of iniquity and sink headfirst to vanish without trace into the seas of oblivion.

You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.