564 Quotes by philip pullman

She was afraid of her father, and she admired him profoundly, and she thought he was stark mad; but who was she to judge?

I’ve just read it so much, it memorized itself.

Novels and stories are not arguments; they set out not to convince, but to beguile.

Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.

Comics are a wonderful form. You can do so much with it.

The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.

The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.

I love all types of music - jazz, great pop music, world music and folk music - but the music I listen to most is piano music from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Russian music in particular.

I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to decide, each time I stopped, how long I was likely to stop for in order to know whether or not to put the cap on. But I never know. So instead, I use a ballpoint - a Montblanc, to be precise - the most comfortably balanced pen I've ever found.