They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all.

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker, Abarat

Second, there are so many magical places in books that you cant go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings.

Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

I threatened him with bodily harm. He promised to bring me cake for the rest of my life.

I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.

I've always had a bad attention span.

I'm a small shifty kind of guy.

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.

I didn't shoot anybody, no sir . . . I'm just a patsy.

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas.