But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.

As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again.

I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books.

That's not so important to me, that time thing.

People are essentially red meat. They are.

Milkmen seem so wholesome, and there's no way anybody can be that wholesome.

People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.