148 Quotes by Malorie Blackman

I remember, when I was at school, we would have a 10-minute storytelling session where we'd all sit on the floor cross-legged, and the teacher would read. It became something we all really looked forward to. That was part of the reason I grew to love stories.

I believe we need more culturally diverse books - about disabled characters, though not about their disability, about people with different sexual orientations, or a boy who is a cross-dresser. We need to reflect the diversity of our society.

A film of my life would never happen!

Any anxieties publishers have about putting a child on the front cover of a book who isn't white is very old fashioned.

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.

Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.