Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there….

I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me..

I can feel the universe expanding and making things be further apart..

I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her..

It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like I'm worried about what's going to happen..

I just don't feel good if I'm repeating myself..

I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view anything as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or ot….

Patriotism is the belief that not all human lives are worth the same..

Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me..

If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer i….

Most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what othe….

Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore..

I don't feel a connection with younger people or with Generation X, or any generation, I feel. If I felt a connection with people my age I wouldn't h….

I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based o….

As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought th….

I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe I'll do it differently"..

Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what eac….

I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues (things not af….

Sometimes an alien would stand with a moose, not because of solidarity, but because of accidentally doing it..

I actually don't have...opinions. I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. I can discern that certa….

I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's really funny. With this book….