And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.

Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.

High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Mark Carwardine's role, essentially, was to be the one who knew what he was talking about. My role, and one for which I was entirely qualified, was to be an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise.

You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.

One is never alone with a rubber duck.