By The Time I Sit Down And

A Lot Of Children, Like I Did, Move Away From Words Because Of The Fear - Which Is Something You Have To Take Out Of Education: The Fear Of Worrying About What Marks You'll Get, Detention, Worrying About Letting People Down, Your Parents, Teachers.

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

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.

I Was Brought Up, As A Lot Of Kids Are, On 'aesop's Fables,' 'brothers Grimm,' 'la Fontaine,' All Those Sorts Of Things. Hans Christian Andersen Is A Hero Of Mine.

Books That Kids Read Should Be About What Is Going On In The World.