One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

No one else understands us 7th sense people. They regard us as freaks. When we point out illiterate mistakes, we are often aggressively instructed to 'get a life' by people who, interestingly, display no evidence of having lives themselves.

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don't get me started. But don't you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that 'choice' used to mean something different from selecting options from menus?

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

You should read Wodehouse when you're well and when you're poorly;when you're travelling, and when you're not;when you're feeling clever, and when you're feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits,no matter how high they happen to be already.