Goons were the lowest sort of homunculi, only superior to zombies.

We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear.""Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?""Poor grammar skills.

Let us fly, Madam Harpy Queen. Show me how you dance on the wind.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library

In '42, ' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.

The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?

I'm not an alcoholic, I only drink two times a year. When it's my birthday, and when it's not my birthday.

The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.

I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.

I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things.

The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.