They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If someone wanted to torture me until I told them a critical piece of information, all they would have to do is get my socks wet. It feels terrible.

I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.

I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.

Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.

Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies