I am working on a new book about a boa constrictor and a litter of hyenas. The boa constrictor swallows the babies one by one, and the mother hyena dies laughing.

I have a lot of favorite foods. Boa constrictor, it's one of the best meats. It's better than chicken.

I hate and fear snakes, because if you look into the eyes of any snake you will see that it knows all and more of the mystery of man's fall, and that it feels all the contempt that the Devil felt when Adam was evicted from Eden. Besides which its bite is generally fatal, and it twists up trouser legs.

("The Return Of Imray")

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.

My father used to call me the laughing hyena.

We've gone out on (calls regarding) boa constrictors, snakes. I cannot recall a rescue of an alligator.