Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.

How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?

Scientific thought - indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else - is just like the fashions that we wear - only much longer lived. It's a little like a boy band.

I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.

That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.

If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.

If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look.