There is nothing so perfect as pinball and a pint at 11 a.m.

Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?

The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde, people who weren't losers but who didn't believe in the work ethic, and argued this thing about guilt or wrote philosophy about idleness.

The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as potentially dangerous because they're asking questions.

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on.