“The truth is that all this was just part of the suicide process. Because tanning and steroids are only a problem if you plan to live a long time.Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. If a tress falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn’t it just lie there and rot? And if Christ had died from a barbiturate overdose, alone on the bathroom floor, would He be in Heaven This wasn’t a question of whether I was going to kill myself. This, this effort, this money and time, the writing team, the drugs, the diet, the agent, the flights of stairs going up to nowhere, all this was so I could off myself with everyone’s full attention.”

“Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.”

“The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.”

“And if Christ had died from a barbiturate overdose, alone on the bathroom floor, would he be in heaven?”

“Because tanning and steroids are only a problem if you plan to live a long time.”

“If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot?”

“With my eyes closed, I ask if she knows how this will all turn out."Long-term or short-term?" she asks.Both."Long-term," she says, "we're all going to die. Then our bodies will rot. No surprise there. Short-term, we're going to live happily ever after."Really?"Really," she says. "So don't sweat it.”