I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and warm. I could be hurt by something other than myself. It is harder to be soft than it is to be hard. I could be hurt by something other than myself.

What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.

When I go to an art gallery and stand in front of a painting, I don't want someone telling me what I should be seeing or thinking; I want to feel whatever I feel, see whatever I see, and figure out what I figure out.

The best stories are universal stories that have been told for as long as humanity has existed it's just figuring out new ways to do it, with language, with structure. And so I'm always trying to do that.

I hadn't learned yet that everybody's locked up some way or other. That's how life is we're all imprisoned by something.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.