“He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky.”

“Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, I’ve always said and I stand by it, whenever I do do a printed encyclopedia I would like all the proceeds to go to charity. Back in 1998 I never dreamt I personally I would be in the position that I could set up a large charitable foundation and personally do things for charity, and I’ve done other charity books already.”

“Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has as good a right to be in deep affliction, as the most graceful set of limbs in the world.”

“I have found that the tools for my trade- writing, are very basic: paper, a pen, time, food and perhaps a little tequila...”

“She says there are stories everywhere and that people who wait for the right one to come along before setting pen to paper end up with very empty pages.”

“Words are life set down on paper.”