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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
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"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
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"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
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"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
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"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."
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"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."
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"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."
Woman
"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."
Emotional
"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."
Work
"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."
Abuse
"Poetry and prayer are very similar."
Poetry
"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."
Life
"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."
Family
"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."
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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
Books
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