Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.
A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.
Ecology is boring for the same reason that destruction is fun.
Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror.
The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.
I've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never.