Because everything up to now is a story and everything after now is a story.

After you hear even the shortest great story, it should fill you with a little bit of fear.

Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be.

I didn't use anybody's story. I used the context and the structure of the situation. People were so, so desperate to tell their story and begin to digest their experience - like turning it into a story - that after the fist few weeks I could go with a pad and pencil and take notes. People didn't seem at all bothered by that.

No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline.

And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces the trap.

The same as real life, there is no happily ever after.