The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?

I’ve got...ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?