You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.

A thought is a hard thing to control.

Suicide is a form of murder - premeditated murder. It isn't something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.

There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.

... now I was safe, now I was really crazy, and nobody could take me out of there.

This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted