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"On such a night, my wife would have ordinarily have slipped on a cardigan and searched for her shower slippers. How long she might have been standing there like that—barefoot, in thin summer nightwear, ramrod straight as though perfectly oblivious to my repeated interrogation? Her face was turned away from me, and she was standing there so unnaturally still it was almost as if she were some kind of ghost." — Dec 25, 2024 12:31PM
"On such a night, my wife would have ordinarily have slipped on a cardigan and searched for her shower slippers. How long she might have been standing there like that—barefoot, in thin summer nightwear, ramrod straight as though perfectly oblivious to my repeated interrogation? Her face was turned away from me, and she was standing there so unnaturally still it was almost as if she were some kind of ghost." — Dec 25, 2024 12:31PM
“I have a stand-up routine I do about masturbation and the unwanted thoughts that go through women's heads when they put their hands under their sheets. I need a story to think about. I need a fantasy that makes sense. I can't just finger myself and picture Johnny Depp's face. It needs a sense of realism, like how did I meet Johnny Depp? He lives in France. I don't have a work visa. Besides, he has children and I've made it quite clear that I don't want to be a mom and I don't want to be stepmom either.”
― I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
― I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
“The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars.”
― The Martian Chronicles
― The Martian Chronicles
“Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“I don't want to know what's going to happen. As frightening as that is in real life, it's a crucial aspect in creativity. Being predictable is boring, and it's also disheartening and usinspiring.”
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Morally ambiguous characters we like (or love or hate)
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We may not want to hang out with them, but morally ambiguous characters are compelling. Why do we like/love them? Who are some of our favorite ones? T ...more
We may not want to hang out with them, but morally ambiguous characters are compelling. Why do we like/love them? Who are some of our favorite ones? T ...more
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