Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite a mess!… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“Then she probably would have waved back," Max said. "And it might be a he." "Ha! Not likely," Lucia said. "Didn't you notice them?"… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“Rubbish," Max said. "Anyone can put on clumpy boots and pierce themselves silly. A truly dangerous person would be someone you'd never even look… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. That was what I call 'wishful-thinking writing.' I grew up in the city and always wanted a horse, but there was no way I was getting a horse. So I wrote all these stories about kids who had… — Ellen Potter Copy Share
Books are such quiet things - created in silence, read in silence - yet publishing a book has become a very noisy business. I've… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“It was the right and responsible thing to do, so they put it off until later.” — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
Memory, in my opinion, is a complete noodle. It hangs on the silliest things but forgets the stuff that really matters. — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“Then Lucia said, "So what do we do now?" "Nothing," Otto said. "Things will go on as just they always have.” — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
