The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.

Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.

Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. I don't care. I have been given an award for being taken not seriously, and I am very, very pleased about that.

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note to have one if ever the occasion presented itsel

One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.