When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.

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?

That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.

I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.

You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what’s left to you.

I don't believe that climate-change fiction will change the mind of a denier because most of the deniers I've met are basically in a cult situation. It's a faith issue. It's not a rational issue. There's no fact that's going to change their mind. They simply believe in the cult of climate-change denial and it somehow feeds into the rest of the mythos of their own life story.

Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time away from your novel that will help preserve your balance. Exhaustion will affect both your writing’s quality and your productivity.