For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.
Philip PullmanI'm with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can't characterize them any better than that.
Philip PullmanI wanted the chance to look again at very famous stories and see what made them work well, whether there were any ways in which they could be improved. Because the great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.
Philip Pullman