Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die.

When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you're an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.

And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

Good writing is essentially rewriting.