The Korean man nodded, the way you do when you’re a foreigner and understand that someone has finished a sentence.

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

I started typing diary in, I don't know, 1978 or '79, but then the computer changed that a lot. Because with the computer if you were writing and you realized you had three sentences in a row that started with the word "he," you could fix that right up, whereas on a typewriter you'd think, "Well, I'm not going to change the whole page. It's my diary." So that made a difference.

There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents.

It's unrealistic to live your life within such strict parameters.

You know, when you need drugs and you don't have a lot of money, what you'll do is you'll hang out with people who will give you drugs. Right?

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.