"This was my first awareness of the capabilities of cellphones: they'll always know where you are. People still don't realise that not only are mobiles easy to listen to, they also say where you are."

"Around this time I embarked on yet another abortive book project - to give patients information so they could ask intelligent questions when they got to see the quack. The story of the book's failure - involving death, disgrace, dishonour, and bankruptcy - is not for this document: but see AmourZ (eventually)."