Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

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.

Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!

Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller - as Dan Brown has demonstrated time and again.