“Everyone Except Willie, so now why ”

“That's called man skills, yo. (On a student's poem about a poem)”

“Do you know about Thor's Hammer? (Points to Bicep) Well, that's it right here.”

“It’s hard to be 100% better than your competition, but you can be 1% better in 100 ways.”

“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle Happy, 1990]”

“There is no such thing as a fixed and reliable truth (except for the statement that this is so, presumably”

“The boy smiled -- mostly at Amy."Sorry, her heart belongs to Ian Kabra," Dan said, except that something in her expression made him realize her heart didn't belong at all to Ianright now.”