Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface.

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.

We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?

It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.