The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.

If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.

I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.

Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened with the blood of the innocent, and it is baked in the ovens of Auschwitz. There were truths to be learnt and there was wisdom to be gained... but there was a price to to be paid as well. You could not brush up against the future and escape unscathed. You could not see into the forbidden and avoid damage to your sight.

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.