Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.

Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.

What occurs to people when they read Kurt [Vonnegut] is that things are much more up for grabs than they thought they were. The world is a slightly different place just because they read a damn book. Imagine that.

Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.

Put on all the armor of the Lord. Not just the pretty stuff.

As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.

It's regrets that make painful memories. When I was crazy I did everything just right.