The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks, and underwater hazards through which he or she must be piloted.

There is always time for failure

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

I cannot let the fear of the past color the future.

A funny yet interesting read, Will Self knowa his stuff and must do a lot of deep research.

If you see a shy person, ask them some questions like, 'Why are you so shy? Tell everyone, we're all listening.

A truly international field, no Britons involved.

Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.

Loving and trusting an another person is a reckless thing. Even insane.

Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that.

I'm a creative guy, artistically with graphics.

Hate gets going, it goes round, it gets older and tighter and older and tighter, until it holds a person inside it like a fist holds a stick.

Turning water to wine? I mean c'mon, that's stupid. They should have let me write the bible.