If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

The e-book revolution has made it very easy to pay writers a good deal less than what their work is worth. I do strongly believe that we writers ought to hold out for much better royalties.

And then what?" said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra.

Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you're better off not touching it until you're all grown up. I'm going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don't open it.