Even After I'd Published Three Books And

There Are Cultures That Believe Having Your Photograph Taken Steals Your Soul. I Don't Think There Is A Stolen Soul In A Picture, But Still - Why Is It So Hard To Throw Them Away?

We're Fascinated By Animals Because It's Almost Like Having Martians Living Among Us. We Can See Some Familiarity In Them, But They're Entirely Different Creatures.

Human Relationships Used To Be Easy: You Had Friends, Boy- Or Girlfriends, Parents, Children, And Landlords. Now, Thanks To Social Media, It's All Gone Sideways.

I Wonder What Book Signings Will Be Like When Most Of The Books We Read Are Electronic. Will Authors Sign Something Else? A Flyer, Perhaps? A Special Kind Of Card Devised For The Purpose?

I Would Argue That It Might Be Easier To Endure Loneliness Than To Endure The Idea That You Might Disappear.