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

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

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.
Cornelia Funke

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

Every German child learns to speak English in school.
Cornelia Funke

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

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.
Cornelia Funke

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

I love to read aloud.
Cornelia Funke

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

I will try to write books until I drop dead.
Cornelia Funke

I wish I had more time to visit schools.
Cornelia Funke

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