A bad hunter chases. A good hunter waits.

Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.

Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.

I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

Magic never dies. It merely fades away.

There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to say, flabbergasted.

The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys.