In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . .

People can be stunningly unobservant.

We sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in our real lives.

I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.

All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I'll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine. I'm happy to go there because I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.