“Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you can do it better. The rest of it—and perhaps the best of it—is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up. ”
“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”
“The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will.”
“Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?”
“Do you realise how much trouble you're in?""Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.”
“So there’s a freeing up that happens when I can go into that storytelling mode...It isn’t about how much sense you make, it is about how compelling you are. (interview)”