I have less time, less tolerance for bullshit, more interest in good taste, more confidence in my own judgement. The culture with which I surround myself is a reflection of my personality and the circumstances of my life, which is in part how it should be.

You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more.

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

The trouble with history is that there are too many people involved

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, I am a moron.

I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.

I can see that now. I can see everything once it’s already happened — I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand.