I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me.

So to compare your real life, or your partner or lover or whoever to a character in a movie, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. They don't map.

We’re all beautiful. We all deserve attention.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

eating is the sleeping of being awake.

Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.