The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

Masochism is a valuable job skill.

Everyone wants to be tested and challenged. Everyone would like a good, honest fight to exhaust their frustrations.

With every lecture, you’re forced to look again at every choice you’ve made over the lesson-by-lesson chain of your entire life. And after all these years, you see how little you have to work with, how limited your life and education have been. How scant was your courage and curiosity. Not to mention your expectations.

When you reach the end of your life - trust me, you won't look back and savor the moments you spent alone.

There's a big difference between "not caring" or being "nihilistic" about a topic and simply not being enrolled by the drama presented by other people. Just because my characters choose not to react in standard, socially-appropriate ways - that does not mean they don't care. They just reject ordinary dramas.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.