I'm a novelist, and idle speculation is what novelists do. How odd to spend one's life trying to pretend that non-existent people are real: though no odder, I suppose, than what government bureaucrats do, which is trying to pretend that real people are non-existent.

The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives. There are others.

I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.

A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.

Mary Baker Eddy is said to have had a phone installed in her coffin just in case she happened to wake up. I've been told that's an urban myth. Somebody should check it out.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson.