My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just a matter of joining the dots.

Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I will eat the banana. There is no banana. I want another banana.

History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it

No one knew where you were before you were born, but when you were born, it wasn't long before you found you'd arrived with your return ticket already punched.

"I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.

My idea of a good novel was one you made enough money out of to buy a greenhouse.