"I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing."
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"My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.“
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"It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget."
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"Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives."
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"Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality."
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"I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about."
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"Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself."
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