I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.

...self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy.

I have a really low boredom threshold.

You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

I'm a good person. In most ways. But I'm beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn't count for anything very much, if you're a bad person in one way.

It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.

Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness.