“And you pretend to be stupid, which is completely disingenuous. Big word, but I know you know what it means.”

“He...told me--that which is incomplete, seek completion. Yet...that which is complete, is no better than which is incomplete. Do you understand? Do you know...what that means?”

“Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?”

“It's such a stupid question, in my opinion. I mean, how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question.”

“After the first glass of vodkayou can accept just about anythingof life even your own mysteriousnessyou think it is nice that a boxof matches is purple and brown and is called La Petite and comes from Swedenfor they are words that you know and that is all you know words not their feelings or what they mean and you write because you know them not because you understand them because you don't you are stupid and lazy and will never be great but you do what you know because what else is there?”

“I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question.”