Exposure is about, among other things, the ferocity of the press and the way - in an echo of some of Shakespeare's plays - the modern media creates heroes to destroy them. Mal Peet createdestroyecho Change image and share on social
I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre. Mal Peet adultconsciouslydecision Change image and share on social
The very provision of benches by the council or the corporation acknowledges the human need to be private in public, to be conspicuously idle, to have nothing better to do. Mal Peet acknowledgebenchconspicuously Change image and share on social
Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to. Mal Peet adhereadultcriterion Change image and share on social
After being rejected for years, I found a publisher for 'Keeper,' and it won prizes, and then I had to write a second and a third book because I kept taking the money and spending it. Mal Peet bookfindkeeper Change image and share on social
It's extremely difficult to describe interestingly what happens on the pitch. Thousands of journalists write millions of words every week trying to do it, so your chances of avoiding cliche are very slim. And you're trying to write fiction, not a match report. Mal Peet avoidchancecliche share on social
I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years. Mal Peet 000advancebook Change image and share on social
Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences. Mal Peet alienationconsequencedisconnection Change image and share on social
Bootworks' Black Box Theatre has a maximum seating capacity of two - as long as one of you is happy to sit on the other's lap. Mal Peet blackbootworksbox Change image and share on social
Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull. Mal Peet adultattractauthor Change image and share on social