167 Quotes by Meg Rosoff

"One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like the person. It doesn't always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books."

"I can actually trace the moment I decided I couldn't be a doctor. It was in biology, they brought in these African crickets and we were supposed to dissect them - but there's no way I was touching those bugs."

"I, a late riser, fantasise about getting up every morning at 5 A.M. to fetch the horses in from the fields."

"I think the bravest thing to write about is nothing, just to write a book in which nothing happens."

"Like many other people of my generation, I don't think I ever really bothered to grow up. I wasn't ever really a proper teenager until I was about 19, and maybe I got a bit stuck there, because it seemed to go on and on."

"People talk about writing convincing teenagers like it's a really clever thing to do, but it comes incredibly naturally to me. Which, of course, is slightly a worry."

"Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It's cowardly, I know, but I figure it's not my job to make people unhappy. I'll leave that to the professionals."

"The more you live, the better writer you are."

"It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading."

"I'm not sure I can write about America for the same reason I'm not sure I can write about adults - I have no critical distance on either place."