“Oh here's a nice one, he brown recluse spider. This once resides in wooded areas. In other words, next to my head while I'm sleeping. ' In a small number of cases, a bite from a brown recluse can produce organ damage with occasional fatalities.' ""That's the worst-case scenario. how can it be? It's called a 'recluse'""It's been my experience that all recluses have a mean streak.”
“I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.”
“My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists... meaning, doesn't like to talk to reporters...”
“I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.”
“A writer should be a recluse. Why share words with a few friends in the moment when they can be written down in solitude and shared with everybody at any time?”
“The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.”