Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

When you are rich, people treat you with respect.

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?

What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know.

Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't look anything like me." "I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said.

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.