Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrat… — Helen Dunmore

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us. — Helen Dunmore
As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates. — Helen Dunmore
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint. — Helen Dunmore