I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal. Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.

I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.

Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations.

The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.

Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.

I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.