Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'.

I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

'Educational' refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.

If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang.

Botswana is also the only country in the world with a colour in its flag meant to represent rain (a sort of blue-grey). Not many people know this.