Masochism is a valuable job skill.

Don't rush or force the ending. All you have to know is the next scene, or the next few scenes.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

As the stupidest person in the room, I always had the most to gain.

When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks.

I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.