“Confuse was the nurses' word for abuse.”

“I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor.”

“Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.”

“I think many people ill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.”

“When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.”

“It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.”

“As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have.”