Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.

Ha, but my life is a box of wormgears.

"I think we have different value systems." "Well, mine's better."

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer.

Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?

"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered."

The story goes that I first had the idea for The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.