I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline could be contained.

I think funniness is a sign of intelligence.

I like being around funny people.

I do think that people yearn for connection and intimacy, and that they're hard things to achieve.

I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

That was an instance where I was given a word to define my confusing experience, and I'm just like, "nah."

I think I've been able to express some of the more complicated feelings I had.

I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative.

I want to draw subjects that seem very boring and everyday... Stuff that would be normal except for one thing. Or two things. Or stuff that's undeniably weird.

I love anybody funny. I think my ten-year-old sister is really funny. She makes me laugh way more than most people do.

I think it's really important to have a sense of humor.

Who told you that your journey is a thousand miles?

Success is often followed by failure. Yesterday's victory doesn't win today's battle.

Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

Women are feminist by default.

The becoming still can never be the being still; only with the death of becoming is there being.

Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

I see nothing to fear in inner space.