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When I sit down I write very fast ... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well.

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.

It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering.

Anything that gets children reading is fine.

I think I have always had a strong sense of justice, of fair play, of what is right and what is wrong.

To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable.

If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

our home should be an oasis of peace and harmony for us in a troubled world,

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

We fought back with our music; it was the only weapon we had.

Secrets are lies by another name.

He laughed to himself he said because if he did not laugh he would cry.

There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.

Genuinely good people are like that. The sun shines out of them. They warm you right through.

I must survive. I have promises to keep.

Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to underestimate them or patronise them.

Why does this war have to destroy anything and everything that's fine and beautiful?

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.

Tonight, I want very much to believe that there's a heaven, that death is not a full stop, and that we will all see one another again.

that was the only way of keeping our hopes alive, by looking beyond all we were seeing around us, and the shadow of disaster that hung over us.

Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it!

When you're young you can't work out the age of an adult - they're just quite old, old, or very old.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.

Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today.

And then quite suddenly I found that I had no rider, that I had no weight on my back, and that I was alone out in front of the squadron.

By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.

Even then, as I stood there, that first morning, filled with apprehension at the terrifying implications of my dreadful situation,

When people make wars, they make refugees.

Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other

When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in words.

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.

After this night is over, then you can drift away, they you can sleep for ever, for nothing will ever matter again.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

But I didn't dare. That has always been my trouble. I've never dared enough.

She was looking out of the window

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.

I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.

Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

It's no good wishing for the impossible. Don't wish. Remember. Remembrances are real.

But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.

I write fiction. I make things up, it's what I do.

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.

The big relationships you make in your life are with those that you love and if things do go wrong then it's a source of great pain and that lasts.

Life must not be spent always hoping, always waiting. Life is for living. -Kensuke

If there's one thing I can't abide it's fanatics of any kind, and religious ones are the worst of all.

If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers.

I tried to smile back, but no smile came, only tears.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.

Good experiences give us happiness but bad experiences teach us good lessons

cause when there's life there's still hope

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

I am a story as well as a happening, and I want my story to be known,

I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.

he's a fine, fine horse,

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.