The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.

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.

Well, start waving and yelling, because it is the so-called Oxford comma and it is a lot more dangerous than its exclusive, ivory-tower moniker might suggest. There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. Oh, the Oxford comma. Here, in case you don't know what it is yet, is the perennial example, as espoused by Harold Ross: "The flag is red, white, and blue." So what do you think of it? Are you for or against it? Do you hover in between?

Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.