American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away.

I believe in free will.

Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it."

You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to art museums.

A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse to play it safe and settle down now have an intelligent, like-minded advocate.

I have a really good life and I really like it.

I don't behave the way people necessarily want me to, but I tried behaving that other way for a short period of time and it didn't take.