I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.

Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.

I was just a kid then. But I won't forget. Nor will others. There's lots of people with reason to hate the Church.

I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's.

Dedication: My thanks to the people who showed me that opera was stranger than I could imagine. I can best repay their kindness by not mentioning their names here.

Banana daiquiris aren't knock-'em-back-by-the-flagon.