I wanted the chance to look again at very famous stories and see what made them work well, whether there were any… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like? Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything,… — 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… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The crucifixion saved him [Jesus]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Well, I have an idea, usually a visual image of some sort. A setting. A particular, I don't know, urban scene, a… — 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
![“The crucifixion saved him [Jesus]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to come. His disciples, of course, had to deal with it, and little by little they had to realize that it's a metaphorical thing. Well, that's not what Jesus meant. I'm fairly sure he…” quote by Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbb/philip-pullman-525_courses_the-crucifixion-saved-him-jesus-he-never_2794797.jpg)
