For Every Expert There Is An Equal

"edward, Edward," He Said With A Patronising Smile, "there Are No Unanswered Questions Of Any Relevance. Every Question That We Need To Ask Has Been Answered Fully. If You Can't Find The Correct Answer Then You Are Obviously Asking The Wrong Question."

Writing Is Not Something You Can Do Or You Can't. It's Not Even Something That 'other People Do' Or 'for Smart People Only' Or Even 'for People Who Finished School And Went To University'. Nonsense. Anyone Can Do It. But No-one Can Do It Straight Off The Bat. Like Plastering, Brain Surgery Or Assembling Truck Engines, You Have To Do A Bit Of Training - Get Your Hands Dirty - And Make Some Mistakes.

The Safest Course Was Actually The Simplest-do Nothing At All And Hope Everything Turned Out For The Best. It Wasn't A Great Plan, But It Had The Benefits Of Simplicity And A Long Tradition.

I Still Feel Threatened By Academics, But My Books Have A Lot Of Academic In-jokes And Everybody Assumes I Went To University And Studied English.

Her Majesty Is One Verb Short Of A Sentence.