“I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you...” — Malorie Blackman Quote

“I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.”

“I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.”

“I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.”

“I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.”

“I've forgotten the birthdays of everyone close to me. I have forgotten to pay bills, file tax returns on time, go to meetings, and, every week, I forget to put the bins out. But I have never forgotten I want my lunch.”

“I worked at Ruby Foos early on as a host. I was only there for a little bit, but I had several odd jobs to pay the bills before that. And being in New York for the first year, I got here in 2003, and it was a very exciting but very scary time not knowing how you would make ends meet and me trying to meet people.”