I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing.

Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills.

Neither claimed any responsibility for Milton Keynes, but both reported it as a success.

Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.

So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive nodes, and there is some evidence that a rich internal fantasy life is as good and necessary for a child as healthy soil is for a plant, for much the same reasons.

Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.