“The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being”

“I think that being a soul in flesh is really challenging and we should all give ourselves more credit.”

“A hotel is more than bricks and blankets. A hotel is a welcoming atmosphere, and a place to engage in a business transaction with a prostitute. 
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“Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism is merely a mask for depression's actual essence, which is an overwhelming estrangement from humanity. The more persuaded you are of your unique access to the rottenness, the more afraid you become of engaging with the world; and the less you engage with the world, the more perfidiously happy-faced the rest of humanity seems for continuing to engage with it.”

“I have written less than most writers. But I have drunk far more than most drinkers.”

“Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.”