Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
years firsts said
The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.
said hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy marvin
What's up?" [asked Ford.] I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there.
said obligation universe
Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.
party said physicist
Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties.
firsts said first-time
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.
hitchhiking said hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy
Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.
today world said
Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?
drunk field goes lying
The story goes that I first had the idea for THHGTTGalaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck
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.
life matter
Without a god, life is only a matter of opinion.
art avoid english literary trying
Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since.
dickens english fact greatest guys joke joys language life maybe save table though top
One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare.