Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

The world is always ending, for someone.

What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?

It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt.

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.

I miss you', he admitted. 'I'm here', she said. 'That's when I miss you most. When you're here. When you aren't here, when you're just a ghost of the past or a dream from another life, it's easier then.

Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?