I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

When I tell her what I’m thinking and she tells me what she’s thinking, our each ideas jumping into the other’s head, like coulouring blue crayon on top of yellow that makes green.

Whenever they say I am outgoing, I say...We must have met on the dance floor

Empathy is a kind of care but it’s not the only kind of care, and it’s not always enough.

Don't let your heart get broken by this world.

Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.

Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Time goes by slowly when you spend it waiting.

I was raised that emotion was a good thing.

He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore

But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'.

In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy.