I was such a big Dustin Hoffman fan when I was young.
I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.
I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story. . . They are terrible people.
All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.
One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)
To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
Your God is too Small