She was a sleuth and sleuths had to follow rules. ‘Get to the point

All work and no play will make you sad and grey!

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.

After all, I thought, what were days and weeks in the presence of eternity?

Most of life is routine-dull and grubby but routine is the mountain that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.

We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go!

To determine if you're human. Be silent.

A good poem is not completely a poem until it has received a critical response that grows out of the poem in an almost biological way.

The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.

Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.