Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.

Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new souls, drawn at random for some celestial cupboard where God keeps an unending supply?Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again.