You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing.

I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other.

Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.