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"I will try to write books until I drop dead."
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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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"I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination."

"And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it."

"I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there."

"Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people."

"Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go."
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