Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books and movies, and my own imagination.

Half the American people never read a newspaper. Half never vote for President - the same half?

Apparently, a concern for others is self-love at its least attractive, while greed is now a sign of the higher altruism. But then to reverse, periodically, the…

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.

I absolutely did not start writing these books to encourage any child into witchcraft... I'm laughing slightly because to me, the idea is absurd. I have met th…

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 childho…

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.