“The existence of other people is essentially awkward.”

“Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes.”

“Some people believe that people are essentially evil. Others believe people are essentially good. I believe they are somewhere in the middle, like Denver.”

“I was fucked-up in some essential way that other people could see, but I couldn’t.”

“Mr. Harrison was certainly different from other people…and that is the essential characteristic of a crank, as everybody knows.”

“Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.”