It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it.

Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.