I Don't Consciously Try To Take My

My Albert Married His Maisie Brown As He Said He Would. But I Think She Never Took To Me, Nor I To Her For That Matter. Perhaps It Was A Feeling Of Mutual Jealousy.

Live An Interesting Life. Meet People. Read A Lot And Widely, Learn From The Great Writers

Any Story You Write About War, Or Film You Make About War, Is Bound To Be Political Whether You Like It Or Not.

Anything That Gets Children Reading Is Fine.

Any Story That Gets Us Thinking, And Particularly Young People, Thinking Why? Whether It's As A Result Of Reading The Book, Or Coming Out Of The Theatre Or The Cinema, I Think We Should Just Simply Be Asking The Question 'why'? Why Did It Happen To Those People? Was It Necessary? And Anything That Gets Us Thinking Like That Is Really Important.