“Serafina said, 'Have you been married, Mr Scoresby? Have you any children?' 'No, ma'am, I have no child, though I would have… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
If we all gave all our goods to the poor, the church would fall apart. If we all hated our father and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
My mother married again after my father's death - another Royal Air Force officer, and a very different kind of man. We… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Will said to his father’s ghost, “You said I was a warrior. You told me that was my nature, and I shouldn’t… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Lady Harborough... was on the platform, making a short speech in which she described the valuable work her hospital fund was doing.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“She did not move. Nor did she scream or faint; her only actions were to draw back the hem of her dress… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Everyone, from the Mother Superior to the priests to my parents--they were so upset and reproachful...I felt as if something they all… — 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
