Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me.

To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.