It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating.

I have no desire to play music unless I need music.

I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind.

I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.

[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these very strict, repressive rules for themselves - it made me very allergic to the idea of denial.

It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've transformed into these different people. We like to think that. I feel in some ways that I am still so much my younger self. There are ways that I'm different: I feel like I'm wiser and kinder. But I think a lot of the impulses are still the same. I learned that.

I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects.