It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then?

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you.

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.

In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers."

Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.