You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.

I don't want to die without any scars.

I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of this world.... I am the toxic waste by-product of God's creation.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

People die', she says. 'People tear down houses. But furniture, fine, beautiful furniture, it just goes on and on, surviving everything.' She says, 'Armoires are the cockroaches of our culture.

My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

The future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday.