“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.”

“There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.”

“So it's true, then, being in love is like hitting the sweepstakes. It doesn't happen to everyone, and there's no way of saying who's going to win, but it changes your life when it does.”

“It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.”

“It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided. We like the thought of being held, until it's too tight. We like that certainty, until it means there's no way out. And we like being his, until we realize we're not ours anymore.”

“When we're kids, creativity is so natural. And then, it's being taken away in a school system that teaches us xyz, and the difference between u and me.”