We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

I was afraid that not even Merlin the Enchanter could transform me into a writer.

I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks!

I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and not being an actor's son. I never knew whether it was good or bad.