Books are defensive, not offensive (unless you're the puzzled adult trying to make the kid with the book interact).
Neil GaimanIf writing a novel is a year's exile to a foreign country, writing a short story is a weekend spent somewhere exotic. They're much more like vacations, more exciting and different, and you're off.
Neil GaimanYou don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.
Neil Gaiman