Reading Is My Greatest Luxury.

Don't Write The Book You Think Publishers Want To Commission. Plenty Of Other Writers Will Be Doing The Same Thing.

The Richest Most Meaningful Stories Are Found In Small Places: Made, Carried, Crafted, Told, And Retold By Apparently Unimportant People.

When I Was A Child And Teenager I Read Whenever I Had The Opportunity, But Since Then I've Found It Hard To Read As Much As I'd Like, Children, Work, And Pets All Providing Powerful Incentives To Escape Into A Book And A Practical Reason Why I Rarely Do So.

Much Of My Reading Time Over The Last Decade And A Half Has Been Spent Reading Aloud To My Children. Those Children's Bedtime Rituals Of Supper, Bath, Stories, And Sleep Have Been A Staple Of My Life And Some Of The Best, Most Special Times I Can Remember.

Don't Call 'em Dogs. Dogs Are Loyal And They Run After Balls.