i wish the guy who said all this would write a kid's book. it would be so good.

"If there is a god, he deserves to be put down and rebelled against."

"My books are about killing God."

"I hate the Narnia books, and I hate them with a deep and bitter passion."

"Blake said Milton was of the devil's party without knowing it. I am of the devil's party and know it."

Philip Pullman [author of Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass] isn't being sneaky about this. "I wanted to reach everyone, and the best way I could hope to do that was to write for children."