I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of us, when in deep trauma, find we hesitate, we stammer; there are long pauses in our speech. The thing is stuck. We get our language back through the language of others. We can turn to the poem. We can open the book. Somebody has been there for us and deep-dived the words.

Trust me, I'm telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story.

The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.

Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only measurement relative.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.