For Me, The Pleasure Of Writing Comes

Fairy Tales Have Always Got To Have Something A Bit Scary For Children - As Long As You Make Them Laugh As Well.

A Book?! What D'you Wanna Flaming Book For?...we've Got A Lovely Telly With A 12-inch Screen And Now Ya Wanna Book!

My Father Was A Norwegian Who Came From A Small Town Near Oslo. He Broke His Arm At The Elbow When He Was 14, And They Amputated It.

But There Was One Other Thing That The Grown-ups Also Knew, And It Was This: That However Small The Chance Might Be Of Striking Lucky, The Chance Is There. The Chance Had To Be There.

The Writer Has To Force Himself To Work. He Has To Make His Own Hours And If He Doesn't Go To His Desk At All There Is Nobody To Scold Him.