“some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.”
“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.”
“Over the years I've received thousands of e-mails looking for guidance. Some have real problems; some talk about monkeys and poo--though those people may also have real problems.”
“Reading always calmed me down: filling my head with other - made up - people's problems and conflicts made my own seem less terrible, less real.”
“Real people are actively trying to live like fake people, so real people are no less fake. Every comparison becomes impractical. This is why the impractical has become totally acceptable; impracticality almost seems cool.”
“The problem is, I can’t tell what’s real anymore, and what’s made up.”