Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.

I wandered the earth a mercenary, daring the gods to kill me but surviving because part of me was already dead.

The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.

The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isnt really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.