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- There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country.
- If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to…
- Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where…
- I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to…
- The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted…
- I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.
- I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You…
- I think most writers feel like they're on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated…
- I am really interested in eccentric minds. It's rather like being fascinated by how cars work. It's really boring if your car works all the…
- I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the…
- When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four…
- My best days do seem like a distillation of all that was best about school. Write a story! Paint a picture! Write a poem! Make…
- When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same…
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