Movies and novels, the two things that informed and taught me the most, are forms of escapism. I thought that was how life could look if you wanted it to.

It's hard to have your parents not happy with you.

You can make yourself happy.

I'm not macho. I'm very open about things. I don't try to hide my feelings.

There is no normal life; it's just an idea we've been fed. People who realize that tend to be the happiest.

You can become something you don't want to become, but it's a change, a new phase. Hopefully one you want.

You can always be writer. It's not so much a metamorphosis as it is finding what you want.

There's no such thing as a perfect life, but if you hold on to that long enough and watch it get chipped away, that's really hard to deal with. I had no one telling me otherwise.

There are people who want to live and then the people who want to hold them down. I've tried to not be one of the latter my entire life.

There are people that will try to hurt you and hold you down.

Boldness comes from curiosity.

The world is unbearably ugly when beauty is judged purely by what is seen on the outside.

You are giving me words to write and that's even better than butterflies.

Stop fretting and eat your Madeira Cake..

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

That film Memento creeped me out. I was looking over my back through the whole thing. I get more creeped out than scared, and spill popcorn all over the place.

I think virgins are far more interesting to write about. If we've been around the block a few times, we know what to expect. Not so with virgins.

Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.

The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.

Limit love and you limit life.