I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year

There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Mostly I sit at home in the evenings watching the box and hoping that one day I'll evolve into plankton.

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else

Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem