I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction!
Philip PullmanThe Specters feast as vampires feast on blood, but the Spectersโ food is attention. A conscious and informed interest in the world. The immaturity of children is less attractive to them.
Philip PullmanIf 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.
Philip Pullman