Time is the speed at which the past decays.

Gosh. The subjunctive is always the first to go.

In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.

Two people who are a little bit deluded in each other's favour. That's what love is, isn't it?

Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality

I pass through many Me's in the course of my day, each one selfish with his time. The Lying-in-Bed me and the Enjoying-the-Hot-Shower Me are particularly selfish. The Late Me loathes the pair of them.

I can write pretty much anywhere.