This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.
Put me down, I’m too heavy.You’re small enough to fit in my pocket.
Just leave me alone, I want to be alone, she said when Jack tried to open the car door. She hit the lock, and wound the window up. Since the roof was down, it was a fairly pointless exercise.
I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen
Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.
Writing is lonely. Until that moment you write your first character and suddenly you have company.
(on learning Westlife had beaten Oasis, U2 and The Beatles in an album chart battle in November 2006): There is no God.
There's only one thing to do in crisis like this - SLEEP ON IT!Garfield, the cat.
A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Ma...
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
Said Hamlet to Ophelia,I'll draw a sketch of thee.What kind of pencil shall I use?2B or not 2B?
He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
You realise you’re going to owe me dinner after this, right?How does McDonald’s sound?Inadequate.
The voice of a donkey braying in the neighbouring meadow seemed like the mocking laughter of demons.
The awful part of the writing game is that you can never be sure the stuff is any good.
Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.