The 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 PullmanOne of the ways in which writers most show their inventiveness is in the things they tell us about how they write. Generally speaking, I don't like to make a plan before I've written a story. I find it kills the story - deadens it, makes it uninteresting. Unless I'm surprised by something in a story, the reader's not going to be surprised either.
Philip PullmanOne curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.
Philip Pullman