I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was...

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was...

No one is ever ordinary.

No one is ever ordinary.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should...

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should...

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about...

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about...

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and...

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and...

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on...

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on...

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to...

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to...

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person;...

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person;...

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention....

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention....

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it...

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it...

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads,...

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads,...

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in...

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in...

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more...

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more...

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But...

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But...

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at...

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at...