I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
ALAN BRADLEYI am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
ALAN BRADLEYChicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
ALAN BRADLEYI was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
ALAN BRADLEYIt makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
ALAN BRADLEYWhenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.
ALAN BRADLEYI dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
ALAN BRADLEYWhat intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
ALAN BRADLEYThen when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.
ALAN BRADLEYIf poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
ALAN BRADLEYIt is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest.
ALAN BRADLEYI always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
ALAN BRADLEYThe very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
ALAN BRADLEYThey were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
ALAN BRADLEYI had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel.
ALAN BRADLEYExcept I’m aware that as a writer you can’t get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.
ALAN BRADLEYTo be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
ALAN BRADLEY