Like the trains, she's never on time and always departing.

I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it.

...and nostalgia swept through Jimmy like a sudden hunger.

What you get is no longer what you see.

You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch. Writing is work. It's also gambling. You don't get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you're on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don't whine.

In the end, we'll all become stories.

It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit.