“The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites me.”

“When I write, I am gossiping. Writing to whisper the story, whether good or bad to my listener.”

“I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.”

“For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays.”

“I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then you write for who you love whether they can read or write or not and whether they are alive or dead.”

“Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense.”