He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers." - Dad "Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would have done it the other way around." - Stafford

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.

There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it.

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.