There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.

"Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged".

Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact.

I stroll along, talk, I sign books, people buy me drinks, I forget where my hotel is, I get lost and fall into some local body of water... done it hundreds of times.