I've Got A Good Right Hook.

All Careers Go Up And Down Like Friendships, Like Marriages, Like Anything Else, And You Can't Bat A Thousand All The Time.

My Books Have Three W's On Them, Which Are "words," "wisdom," And "wonder." Words Inevitably Lead To Wisdom, And Wisdom Inevitably Leads To Wonder And Awe At This Phenomenal World Around Us.

Growing Up In England, Of Course You Do Absorb Certain Ways The Royals Wave Their Hands And Carry Themselves. Like Most Girls, I Fantasized About Being Some Sort Of A Princess.

These Days, People Like Me Who Are In The Arts Are Perceived As Celebrity Writers. That Really Makes Me Angry Because I Expend A Great Deal Of Effort And Spend An Enormous Amount Of Time On My Books. And I've Been Writing Now For 35 Years.

Have You Noticed How Nobody Ever Looks Up? Nobody Looks At Chimneys, Or Trees Against The Sky, Or The Tops Of Buildings. Everybody Just Looks Down At The Pavement Or Their Shoes. The Whole World Could Pass Them By And Most People Wouldn't Notice.