"This is a strange thing, but I’ve noticed it many times: a bad day’s work is a lot better than no..."

“This is a strange thing, but I’ve noticed it many times: a bad day’s work is a lot better than no day’s work at all.


The question authors get asked more than any other is “Where do you get your ideas from?” And we all find a way of answering which we hope isn’t arrogant or discouraging. What I usually say is “I don’t know where they come from, but I know where they come to: they come to my desk, and if I’m not there, they go away again.””

- Philip Pullman, on the need to write regularly.