“Did you ever get exactly what you want and find out it's not what you wanted at all?”

“Beginning to write, you discover what you have to write about.”

“My novel is about the history of the world, told from the point of view of a column of stone.”

“I should have told you. I guess I...wanted you to know. I wanted you to know what I needed, but maybe you couldn't understand that what I needed was you.""Do you need me?""I can survive without you, but it's only that. Surviving. I want to live.”

“What if I can't ever be who you want me to be? What if I keep letting you down?”

“The universe with its endless possibilities is waiting for you to ask...ask for what you want.”

“Maybe this is all love is and all it will ever be-- boys fucking girls and pretending it's love, girls getting fucked and pretending they like it, saying "I love you, too," and wanting to throw up.”