What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.
John MortimerThe officers of the branch of the Force (the Obscene Publications Squad) have a discouraging club tie, on which a book is depicted being cut in half by a larger pair of scissors.
John MortimerNo brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
John Mortimer