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Bruno: "why Do You Wear Pajamas All Day?" Shmuel: "the Soldiers. They Took All Our Clothes Away." Bruno: "my Dad's A Soldier, But Not The Sort That Takes People's Clothes Away."

Children's Book Writers Tend To Feel Quite Superior, And Adult Writers Tend To Feel They Wouldn't Know How To Write A Children's Book - Which Might Surprise You Because I Think A Lot Of People Think It's The Other Way Around.

Well You've Been Brought Here Against Your Will, Just Like I Have. If You Ask Me, We're All In The Same Boat. And It's Leaking.

War Today Is Such A More Visible Thing. We See It On Television, On Cnn. In 1914, War Was A Concept. There Was A Naivety And Stupidity That War Would Be A Great Lark. It's Not That Different From Gone With The Wind, Where All The Young Men Can't Wait To Go Off To Fight And Then Two Hours Later In The Movie, We See How The Reality Of That Has Come Home To Them.

I Enjoy The Research Element. There Are So Many Stories From The Past That Interest Me, That I Want To Learn More About, Just As An Interested Person. And If I'm Going To Learn, If I'm Going To Research, It's Probably Going To Lead Me To Writing A Novel.