It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

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.

Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.

Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.

Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.

Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.

I loved him, officer. More than any woman ever loved an egg.