Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.

Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.

Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.

Literature is claimed to be a mirror of the world,” I said, “but the Outlanders are fooling themselves. The BookWorld is as orderly as people in the RealWorld *hope* their own world to be—it isn’t a mirror, it’s an aspiration.

I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus.

There is much unexplained in the world. It behooves us to be wary at all times. Just when you think you've got the hang of it, along comes string theory, collateralized debt obligations or Björk's new album, and bam! You're as confused as you were when you first started.

Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.