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

I've often lost faith in myself, I've never lost it in my family.

Most people, or at least most of the people that I've come into contact with, would like to be written about.

People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'

I've never written about sex in my diary. Like if you read my diary, you wouldn't think I'm a virgin, but you would have no idea what it is that I've actually ever done.

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.

I don't think my life is more interesting than anybody else's.