The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
When the idea comes, I often can't remember where it came from. I remember very little about writing the first series of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The idea was fantastically, wildly improbable. But like most fantastically, wildly improbable ideas it was at least as worthy of consideration as… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“I certainly don’t like the idea of missionaries. In fact, the whole business fills me with fear and alarm. I don’t believe… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I don't really have any advice, other than to say it's the most appallingly difficult thing I've ever tried to do and… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The car shot forward straight into the circle of light, and suddenly Arthur had a fairly clear idea of what infinity looked… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Richard continued, “What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The invention of the scientific method and science is, I'm sure we'll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We talked about how easy it was to make the mistake of anthropomorphizing animals, and projecting our own feelings and perceptions on… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this?… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The idea that Bill Gates (one of the founders of Microsoft) has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. He is an… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Religion ... has certain ideas at the heart of it which we call sacred or holy or whatever. What it means is,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas, cultures, and systems… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
