Any theory which causes solipsism to seem just as likely an explanation for the phenomena it seeks to describe ought to be held in the utmost suspicion.

One should never mistake pattern for meaning.

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.

I'm a devoted husband. That must strike you as totally deviant.

He knew all the answers. Everybody did. Everybody knew everything and everybody knew all the answers. It was just that the enemy seemed to know better ones.

Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!