. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

Your brain, Peekay, has two functions; it is a place for original thought, but also it is a reference library. Use it to tell you where to look, and then you will have for yourself all the brains that have ever been

I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.

Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior copywriter to being the creative director of one of the largest advertising agencies in the country took me 4.5 years, which is, well, a fairly spectacular rise.

sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.