I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.

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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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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'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...

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...

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,...

Pirates have always fascinated me.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those...

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those...

No one is ever ordinary.

No one is ever ordinary.

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

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

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...