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Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.

My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they are ultimately positive, uplifting books about children who take control of their lives and overcome great adversaries. I think that is why they have been so popular.

You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.

A good book written for children can be read by adults.

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.