I always think to myself, being human, having crushes now, what is it about that person that I really want? What do they represent? More freedom? Someone to care for me more? It's never really about the person.

You’ll see, there are a million ways to kill off the soft parts of yourself.

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want.

A good biography is the richest experience. When you watch a TV series together with someone is like being in a novel with them.

As a child I made a pact with my mother. I agreed that we were doomed, that she and I abided together in a cocoon of melancholy.

When you write you have to reside in the unknown for as long as possible.

I knew you could find a certain relief in begging God, it had helped me, but on the other hand, God never answered directly and that was always depressing.