Kill Screen - My Purple-Haired Made-Up Best Friend, and Why She Had to Die
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/my-purple-haired-made-best-friend-and-why-she-had-die
Before I tell you this story, I should introduce Rachael Webster. The trouble is, I’m not sure how to do that. Was she a friend of mine? Sure. A great friend. We spent nine months together as tight as Siamese twins. But she wasn’t family, and I never really met her in person. I could say she didn’t exist, but that’s a copout: she obviously existed, and had a life, and friends, and a career, at least until her budget ran out and I had to write her out of this world.
Overcoming Bias: Joy in the Merely Real
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/joy-in-the-real.html
"You might say that scientists - at least some scientists - are those folk who are in principle capable of enjoying life in the real universe."
Adactio: Journal—Delusion
http://adactio.com/journal/1377
"I suggest that if you recognize and acknowledge that purpose in life can only be derived from an imaginary friend, by whatever name you call him, then I’m afraid you do not grasp what “reality” is."