Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.

I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.

I loved reading when I grew up but did feel totally invisible because I couldn't see myself and my life reflected in the books I was reading.

When life knocks you down, keep getting up.

I believe we need more culturally diverse books - about disabled characters, though not about their disability, about people with different sexual orientations, or a boy who is a cross-dresser. We need to reflect the diversity of our society.