Meg Rosoff Quotations

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I'm optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.

The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from your family. Your family can seem normal because it is your family and all you know, but in fact it is a mess.

When I was at university, there was such a strong delineation between city kids and those who had grown up the suburbs. City kids were so at home in the world, in a way that suburban kids take years to catch up, if indeed they ever can.

In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't have children.

Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one.

My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your mind.

I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

I loved horses and horse books as a child.

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.