“المسألة كالتبادل بين حالتين: حالة الخروج عن السيطرة، وحالة التحكم الشديد. إن كان ذلك يبدو مربكًا، هي الكتابة هكذا على كل حال، مربكة. تصيبك بالجنون أحيانًا، وتحبها رغم كل شيء.”

“سوف أكتب رغم كل شيء، سوف أكتب على أي حال. إنه كفاحي من أجل المحافظة على الذات.”

“Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. 'You aren't talking about dreams,' she corrected you, 'you're referring to your pathetic bourgeoisie ambitions. Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true.”

“...if we aren't learning something from a new experience, it's usually because we aren't paying attention. Or we're following the wrong libretto.”

“The purpose of art is to provide what life does not.”

“Mystery is the face everybody shared before they were born and the joke they'll finally get after they're dead.”

“Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return.”