“To me the ultimate sin was refusing to listen to reason.”

“The head spins in theoretical disarray; no explanatory model suggests itself; bizarre ontologies loom. There is a feeling of intense confusion, but no clear idea about where the confusion lies.”

“Coldplay’s ultimately show-stopping opus “Fix You” might never have seen the light of day had Chris given up and caved in when Guy politely asked of him one morning: “So, ‘tears stream down your face, and AAAAH.’ What’s that all about, then?”

“A wise man uses one ear to listen, the other to hear himself think.”

“Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.”

“Walters looked quizzically at Morse, who sat reading one of the glossy 'porno' magazines he had brought from upstairs."You still sex-mad, I see, Morse," said the surgeon."I don't seem to be able to shake it off, Max." Morse turned over a page. "And you don't improve much either, do you? You've been examining all our bloody corpses for donkey's years, and you still refuse to tell us when they died.”

“The people who influenced me the most were the ones who said I’d never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.”