Rumer Godden

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.