I'm obviously into the sports. The NFL games and the NHL games.
I'm perpetually curious as to what happened to all those supposed prodigies who were singled out while I and my coterie of far more interesting malcontents passed on.
Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.
being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.
Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a way to be likable yet to remain removed. When I speak up, it's not because I have any particular answers; rather, I have a desire to puncture the pretentiousness of those who seem so certain they do.
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.
to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.
But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.
Chemistry is the dirty part of physics.
"But please, when you see an opportunity. . . " He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. His eyes glint. They almost look predatory. "Ruin them. "
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.