If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.