As soon as I was out in the street, I realized I didn't want to be alone after all, I realized I didn't want to be anything at all.

How can you hide from what never goes away? --Heraclitus

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left.

The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job.

That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.