Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped. - Terry Pratchett

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist. But it is true that in an interview I gave recently I did describe a sudden, distinct feeling I had one hectic day that everything I was doing was right and things were happening as they should. It seemed like the memory of a voice and it came wrapped in its own brief little bubble of tranquillity. I'm not used to this. As a fantasy writer I create fresh gods and philosophies almost with every new book ... But since contracting Alzheimer's disease I have spent my long winter walks trying to work out what it is that I really, if anything, believe.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.