“Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.” — John Boyne Quote

“Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.”

“It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.”

“I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.”

“A writers' ring is where a group of four or five authors agree to promote each other's work on their own websites and via their social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.”

“I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.”

“I want people to be the authors of their own life story.”