She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

A garden should be natural-seeming, with wild sections, including a large area of bluebells.

Rock 'n' roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off

Daily ripples of excellence -over time- become a tsunami of success

One thinks of the failure of representation since 9/11, the proliferation of novels, the media glut, the surfeit of images that somehow slide too easily into a banal repertoire, commodified shock.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn't deserve your affection.

Show more interest in their story than your own.

If I ever saw him again,he was going to get a proper introduction to Tasey.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy.