The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be veryuseful in the real world, that's for sure.

Everything. Things you lost. Things you’re gonna lose. Everything. Here’s where it all ties together.

Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.

I am struck by how, except when you're young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance.

I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be borrowing.

No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.

As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change.