Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly use soberly distribute cheerfully and leave con-tently.

I couldn't care less about politically correct.

Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right?

I don't want my wife to sleep with anyone but me, and I want to give her the same respect.

Greatness can’t be imposed; it has to come from within. But it does live within all of us.

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.

Learn at every opportunity. What your learn is always yours.

Happiness may well consist primarily of an attitude toward time.

Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was

History belongs to the intercessors