Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. Im too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.

She hopes for nothing except fine weather and a resolution. She wants to end properly, like a good sentence.

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.

I always remind myself that [ Jean-Paul] Sartre and [Simone] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it might be easier to believe that the child doesn't come with something.

... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, cinéma vérité, a good belly chuckle, a sympathetic smile, a raised eyebrow, disguised contempt.