You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.

Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.

Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.

Taste is such a changing thing. Every age our tastes change. But the things that really last aren't necessarily the best or the worst or the most loved things, but they're the things that make the biggest impression.

It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.

Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping.