A comedy is just a tragedy interrupted, I once said. Do you finish with the kiss or when she opens her eyes to tell him she loves him and sees blonde hairs on his collar?

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race.

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.

There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.

If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.

A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.

Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.

Find out how much time you have then get busy using it.

We worry too much about the future. And fail to enjoy the moment.

It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking.

The hottest thing in the world is to wear pants with stockings.

You must never be afraid to go there.

I choose to paint beauty.

My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.

All human accomplishment has the same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination.