"What is your favourite food?"

"I don’t think I have one - I like a lot, and we cook a lot with Asian spices like lemon grass and fish sauce."

"I have a twin sister whose name is Anne, and as we live in the same city I’m constantly getting mistaken for her, and…"

"I read a tremendous amount. But I also ride a mountain bike round the Wellington hills and on bike tours, and sail an…"

"I really like learning, and I liked learning when I was small. I guess I was one of those model pupils - except in on…"

"Can’t bring it down to one. Which part of childhood, anyway? When you were little and my mother used to read Beatrix …"

"I started writing as a child, and then it got lost, and it was only when I began reading to my own children that I th…"

"Writing is not about inspiration! In the main it’s about hard work and frustration and rewriting and rewriting. But t…"

"Write! (See the first sentence above - ‘best and worst thing about being a writer’)"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"