My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two. – David Almond
I know I’m writing better now than I ever did for adults because I’m writing for an audience who know that they don’t know everything. – David Almond
I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O’Connor. She was a huge influence. – David Almond
It’s always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings, but politicians just want economic units. – David Almond
