He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.

I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.

Susan was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it's sad because Susan doesn't look as happy.

I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can't

All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

And later that night to be with my family at dinnertime and have things just be like they always were. That was the amazing part. Things just keep going. We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.