Solid state I don't like, even though I started it.
I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine the other. An agenda, again, that seems more important now than ever.
The longer you go by yourself the weirder you get, and the weirder you get the longer you go by yourself.
What makes us threaten the things we want most?
It turns out that our intuition is a greater genius than we are.
I think fiction is all about the exercise of the empathetic imagination. Part of what I do is let the stuff I read about meld with what I have experienced.
She thought she'd put up with however many years of stonewalling for a good reason, and she'd just figured out that as far as Castle Hubby went, she hadn't even crossed the moat yet.
Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have.
My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.
The fact that we can describe the motions of the world using Newtonian mechanics tell us nothing about the world. The fact that we do, does tell us something about the world.
All the exciting contests and travel and sponsorships are cool, but I like to be able to have influence on people and on youngsters.