Wandering around the web is like living in a world in which every doorway is actually one of those science fiction devices which deposit you in a completely different part of the world when you walk through them. In fact, it isn't like it, it is it. Douglas Adams completelydepositdevice share on social
My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. Douglas Adams absolutearmfact Change image and share on social
If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves. Douglas Adams givehedgehogmirror Change image and share on social
When you write your first book aged 25 or so, you have 25 years of experience, albeit much of it juvenile experience. The second book comes after an extra year sitting in bookshops. Pretty soon, you begin to run on empty. Douglas Adams agealbeitbegin share on social
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America. Douglas Adams americaawfulclaim share on social
I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting. Douglas Adams anagramcrosswordfan Change image and share on social
I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Douglas Adams fishjudgenice Change image and share on social
Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams bookdinosaurlong share on social
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams dreameridiotphilosopher Change image and share on social
I've been trying to... Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity. Douglas Adams artavoidcreativity Change image and share on social