In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

The Scooby gang doesn't travel because they are looking for crimes to solve. They travel because they're one step ahead of the deprogrammers. Somehow, Fred's got them all snookered. It probably has something to do with the Scooby Snacks.