564 Quotes by philip pullman

Theatre is one of those things that children will love if they're helped to get there to see it. No child will find his or her own way to the theatre.

The arts are beyond price; they're beyond value. They're of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being.

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

Possibly because I earn my living as a writer of fiction and possibly because it's just the sensible thing to do, I like to pay attention to everything I come across, including things that evoke the uncanny or the mysterious.

I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.

The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.