>Adams truly understood that brevity was the soul of wit Hadn't really twigged that aspect but I think you're correct. So he combined deep ideas with humour a

>Adams truly understood that brevity was the soul of wit Hadn't really twigged that aspect but I think you're correct. So he combined deep ideas with humour and brevity. He also had to carry his torch post-Hitchhikers, a show which had had creative input from other talented people in addition to his own. Small wonder he found writing hard. It must have been really really hard.