I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight and that lasted well into my teens.

The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.

Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.

You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.

he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America

I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on Doctor Who when I was young, though I may be misremembering.

But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.

Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night.

Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well.

Only my heart can see your love and only my soul can feel your touch.

For there was nothing in his eyes but the black night and the cold stars.

Depression is a choice.

It was a culture that business is something bad - it was a leftist-oriented psychology. We have to break this. We are pro-business.

My favorite: Spirituality is a domain of awareness.

History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.

The only difference between a rich man and a poor man, is that the poor man suffers uncomfortably, while the rich man suffers comfortably.

Those who in living fill the smallest space, In death have often left the greatest void.