"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.

I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often.

Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.

I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.