All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums.

Demons were like genies or philosophy professors - if you didn't word things exactly right, they delighted in giving you absolutely accurate and completely misleading answers.

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.

People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.

It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.

He looked up at them, a scruffy Napoleon with his laces trailing, exiled to a rose-trellised Elba.