“Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I love all types of music - jazz, great pop music, world music and folk music - but the music I listen… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“And Pantalaimon didn't ask why, because he knew; and he didn't ask whether Lyra loved Roger more than him, because he knew… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Middlemarch is a novel that is diminished by being put on the screen. It can't help but be, because so much of what we… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it? — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The question authors get asked more than any other is "Where do you get your ideas from?" And we all find a way of… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not,” said the witch, “or die of despair.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
