"Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution."

"Nothing is static. Everything is falling apart."

"You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away. The condom, I mean. Not the stranger."

"Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains."

"At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves."

"That old saying, how you always kill the one you love, well, look, it works both ways."

"I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful."

"Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break."

"If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes."

"It’s stunning how having nothing to lose will build your self-confidence."