Mister Teatime Had A Truly Brilliant Mind,

Just Because It's Not Nice Doesn't Mean It's Not Miraculous.

I Am A Technophile, So There Is No Such Thing As A First Draft. The First Draft Plunges On, And About A Quarter Of The Way Through It I Realise I'm Doing Things Wrong, So I Start Rewriting It. What You Call The First Draft Becomes Rather Like A Caterpillar; It Is Progressing Fairly Slowly, But There Is Movement Up And Down Its Whole Length, The Whole Story Is Being Changed. I Call This Draft Zero, Telling Myself How The Story Is Supposed To Go.

I Was A Very Keen Reader Of Science Fiction, And During The Time I Was Going To Libraries, It Was Good, Written By People Who Knew Their Science.

My Idea Of A Good Novel Was One You Made Enough Money Out Of To Buy A Greenhouse.

I Dinna Trust Him," Said Slightly Mad Angus. "he Reads Books An' Such.