A police procedural novel can be even funnier if the police include Trolls and Dwarves and things like that. You start looking at the whole basis of the cop novel. You get the cop moving in a different way when you've actually set it in a fantasy city.

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

When you break rules, break 'em good and hard

Last night there seemed to be a chance. Anything was possible last night. That was the trouble with last nights. They were always followed by this mornings.

I like being a writer.

Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.