I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.

Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.

-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly, and I knew that I was indeed an idiot and that was my destiny and I didn't mind it

Nothing could have been more imprudent or more natural than this reply. It reflected the ecstasy inspired by great crises.

Who knows the secrets of anybody’s heart.

I don't know if I was put on this Earth for a purpose or not. But I'm fairly confident that I'll be taken off of it for one.

I would say my life experience has involved dealing with people very close to me that have died.

I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

I only invoked what you already knew.

I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff.

I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans.