None of this is truly happening," he said to Shadow. He sounded miserable. "It's all in your head. Best not to think of it.

Rule one of reading other people's stories is that whenever you say 'well that's not convincing' the author tells you that's the bit that wasn't made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it.

As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.

Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point.

"Death's a capricious thing, innit?" "Yes. Yes, she is."

People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.