Any Problem Can Be Solved Between People

One Of The Great Failings Of Our Education System Is That We Tend To Focus On Those Who Are Succeeding In Exams, And There Are Plenty Of Them. But What We Should Also Be Looking At, And A Lot More Urgently, Is Those Who Fail.

Genuinely Good People Are Like That. The Sun Shines Out Of Them. They Warm You Right Through.

There Is The Myth That Writing Books For Children Is Easier Than Writing Books For Grownups, Whereas We Know That Truly Great Books For Children Are Works Of Genius, Whether It's 'alice In Wonderland' Or The 'gruffalo' Or 'northern Lights.' When It's A Great Book, It's A Great Book, Whether It's For Children Or Not.

Often It's The Latest Novel That I've Written That Is My Favourite. I'd Been Dreaming It For So Long, Living And Breathing Its Story So That When It Finally Arrives As A Newly Published Book, Smelling Wonderful And Fresh Out Of The Box, There Is Nothing Like It.

I Don't Consciously Try To Take My Readers On A Journey As I Don't Really Think About My Readers When I'm Writing. I Just Try To Write What I Feel Passionately About, To Tell A Story Down Onto The Page.