people believe in God because the world is very complicated and they think it is very unlikely that anything as complicated as a flying squirrel or the human eye or a brain could happen by chance.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth.

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

I want my name to mean me.

I find people confusing.

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything.

But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.

To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society.

They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them.

One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory.

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.

I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.

I'm never going again on Met Gala. It was so un-fun. It was boiling. It was too crowded. I did not enjoy it at all.

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

I need a coffee to go with my coffee.