“I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”

“Think about appearances. I wanted my apartment to be less cluttered, and also to look less cluttered.”

“The mortal world is in a state of Beautiful Chaos and destruction, which will ultimately lead to an exquisite end.”

“I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.”

“Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be.”

“You can't stand clutter, and you have an obsession with orderliness. The furniture in here is centered exactly on the walls; the files on your desk are arranged in precise corners. If I had to guess, I would say you are probably a control freak, and that is usually symptomatic of a man who feels powerless to control his own life, so he tries to control every facet of his surroundings.”