It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'

The door of the visible church is incomparably wider than the door of heaven (522)[.]

..for Africa was in a way none of them could explain linked up with heaven and they thought of the two places with the same reverence and ultimate longing.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.

Good design is thorough, down to the last detail.

The End is Nigh!" the man shouted. "Is there still time for hot chocolate?" Riley asked. The-End-is-Nigh guy blinked. "Ah, maybe, I don’t know.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

Mom used to say I didn't run away from home my destiny just caught up with me at an early age.

Screw the truth into men's minds.

The world is looking, not for Christians who are perfect, but for Christians who are honest and who are willing to be honest with some of our contradictions and hypocrisy.