“Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)”

“People never notice anything.”

“I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am--I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.”

“I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really do - but people never notice it. People never notice anything.”

“People always think something's all true. I don't give a damn, except that I get bored when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am, I really do. But people never notice. People never notice anything.”

“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of trying to make me happy”

“I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”