Chris Bond of the Yorkshire Post newspaper spoke to Philip Pullman recently, when Pullman visited Leeds University on World Book Day to give a lecture entitled Poco a Poco, concerning children’s literature. Bond’s article features discussion with Pullman over a number of issues, and while there is little revealed that is particularly new, it is certainly well worth a read. Read the article here.
Pullman speaks to Yorkshire Post
March 19, 2008
Nice interview. I like this quote about the film: “Unless you are particularly obsessive about the purity of your works then I don’t see any harm in it and I think they did a good job with The Golden Compass,”
Yes, I agree entirely with his sentiment. It does summarise the concept that we needn’t get obsessed with what was the outcome of the film process…