Mal Peet : (5)

" I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that’s £25,000 for six years. " - Mal Peet

" I’m working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write. " - Mal Peet

" Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences. " - Mal Peet

" I find myself, by happy accident, writing ‘Young Adult’ fiction. However, I dislike such categories. " - Mal Peet

" History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We wait, more or less patiently, for it to pause, so that we can get to the liquor store or the laundromat or the burger bar. " - Mal Peet