I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

Yes, I was fat, but I dealt with it by simply never thinking about it. It is useful, when you are fat, to have a lot of other things to think about.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, "Snow White and the Huntsman" is a considerable experience.

Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them.