I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Snooker is just chess with balls.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

Peace, love, empathy

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Sometimes when you dig deep into the past, you shed uncontrollable tears.

Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power.

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.

We cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.