Live the dream, Potato.

An erratum is a correction inserted into a book after publication. It's a nice thing to collect because you can't go after them, you just come upon them. In 25 years I've only found about 12.

My earliest memory is aged three, seeing sunlight on water and feeling it was really magical.

Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.

I can guarantee you nothing I do is a conscious attempt to inject something in.

She bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry.

I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me.