You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.
Philip PullmanWe have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.
Philip PullmanThere's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them.
Philip PullmanDisney is a huge presence when it comes to fairy tales because heโs made of them such brilliant artifacts in terms of movie-making. But itโs very hard to ignore what heโs done to them. I'm not interested in denigrating Disney or even commenting on him very much. I'm more interested in seeing what I can do with the stories myself.
Philip Pullman