Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.

Apart from the faint odor of ink that pervaded the scene, it might have been real.

Writing needs to be practiced; there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give.

Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.

…Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently? What do you mean, odd?' Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of normalcy. An occurrence of unprecedented weird.

Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon.