It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.

And then he'd tried to become an official Atheist and hadn't got the rock-hard self-satisfied strength of belief even for that.

Remember: that giants sleep too soundly; that witches are often betrayed by their appetites; dragons have one soft spot, somewhere, always; hearts can be well-hidden, and you can betray them with your tongue. (from "Instructions")

I was a stranger and you took me in. -Joji G. Shoji, d. 1921

All good technology should be used to piss off people's parents.

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.

Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.