I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.
Ernest ClineVirtual sex, no matter how realistic, was really nothing but glorified, computer-assisted masturbation.
Ernest ClineI've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'
Ernest ClineI created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there.
Ernest ClineYou were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.
Ernest ClineAs we continued to talk, going through the motions of getting to know each other, I realized that we already did know each other, as well as any two people could. We’d known each other for years, in the most intimate way possible. We’d connected on a purely mental level. I understood her, trusted her, and loved her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.
Ernest Cline