21 Quotes by Lynne Reid Banks

The BBC is very good at period drama - world-famous for getting the details right.

I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it and you've got to work very hard - but you don't have to pull your guts out and lay them on the line in quite the same way as when you're writing for adults.

I remember the mid-50s well. It was when my life changed, and I left acting to become one of the first female television news reporters in the U.K.

Pirates of the Caribbean, move over! Make room for a crew of mouse-privateers who will capture your hearts and stop your breath with their thrilling sea-going adventures! A wonderful story, full of bold mice, good and wicked, who will show you what courage really means.

Most men, if you just tell them what to do in a businesslike fashion, will follow directions without thinking about it. One proceeds on the assumption that they’ll do as they’re told, and they do.

You touch, I kill.

I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip, but found I didn’t seem to have any muscles in it.

When I was your age I met a man older than myself, quite a bit older. I fell in love with him. Really in love. I know people say it’s just puppy love at that age, but I was in love properly. It lasted for years. It was the most powerful feeling I can ever remember. At that age one has no defenses. It just overwhelmed me.

Beard,” said Patrick, which was their school slang for “I don’t believe you.