Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours.

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.

A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!

The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?

Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life...but 1932 the Mars Bar and 1936 Maltesers and 1937 the Kit Kat - these dates are milestones in history and should be seared into the memory of every child in the country.

You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.