Writing, and especially writing a novel, where you get to sit in a room by yourself with either a pen and a paper or a computer for a couple of years, is a very solitary occupation. You can read sales figures - a hundred thousand books sold, half a million books sold - but they are just numbers.
Neil GaimanI don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.
Neil Gaiman