Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewellery... I would never call anything any fan gives me weird, as it's how people express what they like about the books, what it means to them, and that's a wonderful thing. Patrick Ness bookcallexpress share on social
The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value. Patrick Ness bookchafefantastical Change image and share on social
The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth. Patrick Ness cynicalsarcastictruth Change image and share on social
I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do. Patrick Ness adultbadlyfiction Change image and share on social
It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be. Patrick Ness agedivisiongenre Change image and share on social
In some ways. I always feel between worlds, between cultures, and I think that's not necessarily a bad place for a writer to be. Writers are kind of on the fringe anyway, observing, writing things down. I'm still mostly American, but it's a nice tension. Patrick Ness americanbadculture share on social
I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them. Patrick Ness blindbookmeet Change image and share on social