All autobiography is fiction.

Panic is efficient. Panic is effective. Panic is the way I get things done! Panic attacks are my booster rockets!

living in Los Angeles was like being an extra in a movie that was starring other people entirely.

When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going.

Los Angeles is the nation's cultural scapegoat.

Nowadays, it is possible to perform various forms of Low-Impact listening via the telephone. The advent of technological advances such as computer games and online services (like ones that let you check stocks) have enabled Low-Impact listeners to endure family phone calls much longer than in the past. Dangers include mouse clicks, heavy typing, or a sudden loud buzzer that goes off when you have finished Boggle.

here are the top three global resources getting scarcer in the twenty-first century: ozone layer, rain forest, people eager to read the fiction of others. That's right, folks. For the first time in I believe written history, there are far more fiction writers on earth than fiction readers.