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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.

- Cornelia Funke

Always, About, Read, Translator

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.

- Cornelia Funke

Plan, Dragon, Sequel, Rider

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.

- Cornelia Funke

Me, Everything, Very, Sentimental

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

- Cornelia Funke

Very, Hairy, Guinea Pig, Guinea

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

- Cornelia Funke

Library, Always, Took, Addict

I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things.

- Cornelia Funke

Like, Very, Read, Different Things

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

- Cornelia Funke

Dog, Horse, Like, Visit

I wish I had more time to visit schools.

- Cornelia Funke

Wish, I Wish, Schools, Visit

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

- Cornelia Funke

Creatures, Many, Mythical

I love to read aloud.

- Cornelia Funke

Love, I Love, Read, Aloud

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

- Cornelia Funke

Son, Almost, Ben, Anna

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

- Cornelia Funke

Looks, Town, Hamburg, Countryside

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

- Cornelia Funke

Book, Will, Picture Book, Wildest

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

- Cornelia Funke

Love, Henry, I Love, Composer

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

- Cornelia Funke

More, Real People, Reader, Knows

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.

- Cornelia Funke

England, Always, Very, Heard

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.

- Cornelia Funke

Home, Book, Like, Taken

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

- Cornelia Funke

Always, Wanted, Decided, Dragon

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.

- Cornelia Funke

Middle, Like, Set, Magical

Yes, I always imagined living in other places.

- Cornelia Funke

Places, Always, Other, Imagined

Every German child learns to speak English in school.

- Cornelia Funke

School, English, German, Learns

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

- Cornelia Funke

Think, She, I Think, Reads

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

- Cornelia Funke

Happy, Book, Imagine, Library

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

- Cornelia Funke

She, Very, Stories, Grandmother

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

- Cornelia Funke

Venice, Shooting, Lord, Thief

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

- Cornelia Funke

Try, Will, Books, Drop

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