Nothing Sinister. Just Getting Exercise. Although Some

For Feel-good Fiction To Work, There Has To Be An Element Of Darkness.

I Couldn’t Be With People And I Didn’t Want To Be Alone. Suddenly My Perspective Whooshed And I Was Far Out In Space, Watching The World. I Could See Millions And Millions Of People, All Slotted Into Their Lives; Then I Could See Me—i’d Lost My Place In The Universe. It Had Closed Up And There Was Nowhere For Me To Be. I Was More Lost Than I Had Known It Was Possible For Any Human Being To Be.

I'm Quite Introverted But I'm Not Shy.

I'd Rather Dig A Ditch Than Go To A Dinner Party With People I Don't Know.

In An Unpredictable And Unpleasant World It Was Both Unusual And Very Pleasant To Hear What I Wanted To Hear.