I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

I'm living the life I love, I tell myself, and loving the life I live. I tell myself: I deserved this. This is exactly what I wanted.

We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.

Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there's no difference between what is and what could be.

People didn't know who I was or why I was there, so they started inventing stories about me. I was a registered sex offender and I'd just been released from prison and was being forced to do community-service work. I was a murderer, an arsonist - all these horrific things had been projected on me because no one knew what to make of this white guy who showed up and made toast at 5 o'clock every morning.

I came to Party Crashing because accidents happen. People you love will die. Nothing you treasure will last forever. And I need to accept and embrace that fact.