Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
beach real house
A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.
house mind sneaky
Ford looked at him severely. And no sneaky knocking down Mr Dent's house whilst he's away, alright?" he said. The mere thought," growled Mr Prosser, "hadn't even begun to speculate," he continued, settling himself back, "about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
house caught rounds
He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.
house special way
The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in.
bad exception faster light possible special speed travels
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
bad exception faster follows news possible rules travels
Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules
appear known language phrase
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
normal perfectly universe
No, that's just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.
brick color red wall
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
access besides eliminated five people suspects
Besides the pastor, there were about five people who had access to the safe, ... Those people have been eliminated as suspects through the investigative process.
arriving traveling
Even traveling despondently is better than arriving here.
brilliant totally utter
Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
ford listened wish
Arthur: 'It's at times like this I wish I'd listened to my mother.' Ford : 'Why, what did she say?' Arthur: 'I don't know, I never listened.'
drunk field goes lying
The story goes that I first had the idea for THHGTTGalaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck