"Many children's writers don't have children of their own."

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"Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect."

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"Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen."

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"Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person."

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"Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care."

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"Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene."

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