British - Writer | October 19, 1946 -
I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief.
Philip Pullman
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I love all types of music - jazz, great pop music, world music and folk music - but the music I listen to most is piano music from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Russian music in particular.
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The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.
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I love the way ravens fly; they are the most acrobatic and daring birds.
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Everyone in the book's ecology, starting with the author and including the publisher, the distributor, the booksellers, the libraries, and ending up with the reader, should benefit from a healthy book trade.
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If a nation allows its literary culture to die, it's a sign that it doesn't fundamentally care.
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I don't like it when I see my books sold cheaply.
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My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too.
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I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring.
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Education and health were always matters of charity. You educated children and you helped the sick because they were good things to do, not because you were going to make money out of them. If you let the money-making principle, the profit-seeking motive, anywhere near education and health, things go bad.
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It should be a firmly established part of the curriculum that children should visit theatres and concert halls.
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Theatre is one of those things that children will love if they're helped to get there to see it. No child will find his or her own way to the theatre.
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