“Because if you are the mess, you can clean it. Improvement doesn't depend on others.”

“There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.”

“We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are.”

“Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.”

“So many of the conscious and unconscious ways men and women treat each other have to do with romantic and sexual fantasies that are deeply ingrained not just in society but in literature.The women's movement may manage to clean up the mess in society, but I don't know if it can clean up the mess in our minds.”

“Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.”