"(on teaching writing) So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well - but ..."
- Celine Kiernan
"It is as though the human race is always only waiting for permission to hate."
"When we’ve decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with."
"Write what is important to you, regardless of fashion or marketability or anything like that – all those things are so far out of your control that you may as well not think about them. Of course, thi..."