“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
“...only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others.”
“I prefer the company of books.”
“I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.”
“I moved a pillow aside... preferring the joyful company of the delusional to the miserable company of the sane.”