Lynne Truss

“I think about death sometimes. Analytically, of course.”

“Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically,...”

“Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.”

“What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.”

“Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forced books on to people who have subsequently forgotten all about it. Meanwhile, on my shelves s...”

“To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.”

“My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.”

“I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.”

“The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards.”