...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn't know.

The end of 'The End' is the best place to begin 'The End', because if you read 'The End' from the beginning of the beginning of 'The End' to the end of the end of 'The End', you will arrive at the end.

Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.

Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn't guarantee that I'm a good person. . . . But it does mean I've read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil.

I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.

Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.