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.

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.

One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It’s just an awful lot of 'us.'

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.

I tend not to read or watch Science Fiction, particularly not comedy Science Fiction. The point is that if it's less good than what I do, there's no point in reading it, if it's better than what I do it makes me depressed

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson.

In an infinite Universe anything can happen.