Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing?

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.

Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.

Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life.