There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

There is plenty of work for love to do.

They're very beautiful, aren't they? Clouds are very beautiful and yet so often we fail to appreciate them properly. We should do that. We should look at them and think about how lucky we are to have them.

We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.

Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes.