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" I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young. "

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" I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books. "

" I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside. "

" I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. "

" Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. "

" Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental. "

" I love to read aloud. "

" My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10. "

" They are shooting The Thief Lord in Venice at the moment. "

" My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that. "

" And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it. "

" A library book, I imagine, is a happy book. "

" Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go. "

" My son always says I like very weird music. "

" There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart. "

" I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination. "

" Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people. "

" If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids. "

" And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider. "

" I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig. "

" I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children. "

" Every German child learns to speak English in school. "

" I will try to write books until I drop dead. "

" I wish I had more time to visit schools. "

" And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts. "

" I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog. "