That was when I realised a sad but incontrovertible truth: I was a geek, and there was no getting around it. I could dress in Kate’s clothes, but it didn’t make me Kate.

Being amongst rough lives and confusion does not make you less, it only makes your beauty shine out more clearly.

On some deep, unconscious level, he had always known it to be true. He was an invention, a fictional character. Jacob Lightfoot didn't exist.

With the warmth of an alien sun on his back, Jacob took a deep breath at the door and knocked.

Sadie gave her head an exaggerated scratch. ‘Don’t come too close if you know what’s good for you, these nits are on steroids.

He saw the rules of life clearly for the first time and they were simple: it was a game where Death was the only winner.

Jake's in trouble.'Luca rolled his eyes. 'What now?''He's gone off somewhere, I think I know where, and I don't think it's good.''Cant that boy ever stay in and watch telly like the rest of us?

Jacob glanced across at the woman. 'She'd have you for breakfast, mate.''Yeah, ' Luca countered, 'maybe I want to be had for breakfast.

It was a room full of ghosts, arranged in readiness for days that would never happen.

I don’t know why Kate was trying to impress him, as far as I could see the guy had all the allure and social grace of a psychotic slug with halitosis and a bad head cold.

It doesn't seem right to throw dirt at you when you're dead...

One basis for life and another basis for science is a priori a lie.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

When you doubt your powers, you power your doubts

I started singing because I come from Wales

I think that's one of the maybe under-discussed aspects of process - the difference between a good writing day and a bad one is the quality of the split-second decisions you made.

Tribalism has become trendy.

The majority of the population thinks that if the government runs healthcare, they're going to take away your freedom. At the same time, the public favors a national healthcare program.

William Tell's son, Telly, who said as his father was pointing the bow and arrow at the apple on his head, There's gotta be an easier way to kill worms. Never got a dinner!