Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature.
The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes.
The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery.
Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You mean like Alaska?
To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.
If cyberspace can screw with you, it will.