Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?

I like being a writer.

Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering Scotland, and the Wee Free Men remained both wee and free.

The thing with crowns is, it isn't the putting them on that's the problem, it's the taking them off.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.