I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
All you ever were was a little bit of the universe, thinking to itself. Very specific; this bit, here, right now. All the rest was fantasy.
Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.
Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state