“What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread...” — Isobelle Carmody Quote

“What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that.”

“First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.”

“If fantasy is done well, it has both serious content in a literary fashion and is a really good read as well - and children and young adults won't suffer anything else.”

“False stories can be promulgated more easily when the people trying to tell true stories have been discredited - or when they are battered by rubber bullets.”

“Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.”

“'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.”