I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.

For those wondering how to deal with anxiety and depression, the first thing to consider is what you're putting into your mouth.

...when you collaborate with someone else on something creative, you get to places that you would never get to on your own. The way an idea builds as it careens back and forth between good writers is so unpredictable. Sometimes it depends on people misunderstanding each other, and that's why I don't think there's any such thing as a mistake in the creative process. You never know where it might lead.

No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.

I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.

How to defend yourself against a banana

This is the most important joke I've ever heard. Niels Bohr, the founder of Quantum Physics, had a friend to dinner. As the friend left, he noticed a horseshoe nailed above Bohr's front door. He said to Bohr, accusingly, "Niels, you're a great scientist. You can't believe in superstitions." Bohr answered, "I don't, but apparently it works anyway."As with confirmation bias, we tend to lean toward superstitions that benefit us.