Yes of course I know it's all a dream. Isn't everything?

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.

I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.

In suffering, the soul is stretch to find its full strength.

Young bodies are like tender plants, which grow and become hardened to whatever shape you've trained them.

Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.

Unless you accept anyone to be your boss, no man can be your boss!

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.

Above all, keep your colors fresh!

Nylon string is still a new love and I'm not tired of it yet.

People find a way in which they can say something.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.