Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved.
David Foster WallaceWorship power - you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever ore power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.
David Foster WallaceA novelist has to know enough about a subject to fool the passenger next to him on an airplane.
David Foster Wallace