The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.