Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde
Jasper Ffordeis a British novelist. Fforde's first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. Fforde is mainly known for his Thursday Next novels, although he has written two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series and has begun two more independent series, The Last Dragonslayer and Shades of Grey...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 January 1961
moving fall glasses
The universe always moves from an ordered state to a disordered one; that a glass may fall to the ground and shatter yet you never see a broken glass reassemble itself and then jump back on the table.
nuts missing asymmetry
A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.
mad important dies
Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.
information clarity annoying
A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.
defiance compliance
Defiance through compliance.
errors principles mankind
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
determination self peculiar
Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.
fun book writing
The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.
rap taste-in-music rats
I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
excuse used should
Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.
employers should butlers
A good butler should save his employer's life at least once a day.
interesting mixtures comedy
So my humor, I'd say, comes from a mixture of lowbrow comedy shows and highbrow theater. It's an interesting mix.
unique maturity two
The Kingdom of Hereford was unique in the Ununited Kingdoms for having driving tests based on maturity, not age, much to the chagrin of a lot of males, some of whom were still failing to make the grade at thirty-two.
moving said mime
Don't move," said Sprockett."Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.