A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't. Anything I thought or did was immediately drawn into the debate. Made a stupid remark--why not kill myself? Missed the bus--better put an end to it all. Even the good got in there. I liked that movie--maybe I shouldn't kill myself.

Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.

If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.

It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing a play about a man driven by that thought.

I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.