As 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.

Video games paid for my house. What am I saying? Go ahead and keep playing!

A river of words flowed between us.

No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful.

My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. I have the actual arcade version sitting in my office.

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

It's so much better to hand over a finished book than having all these people waiting.