Yet she felt an impostor, and already the mask had begun to bite into her face.

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.

Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out.

The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.