I had, by thirteen, developed a sort of Taoist hubris about my ability to control via non-control.

TV's "real" agenda is to be "liked," because if you like what you're seeing, you'll stay tuned. TV is completely unabashed about this; it's its sole raison.

Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.

I am not what you see and hear.

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.

I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity