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

My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.

Fucked people, great weather.

PRO TIP: IF YOU'RE SAD AND ALONE IN THE PLACE YOU LIVE THEN YOU GO TO ANOTHER PLACE YOU WILL STILL BE SAD AND ALONE WHEN YOU COME BACK

Thousands of years from now they will use my fossil remains as an example of a mistake in the evolutionary process

You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.

My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.

Haley Joel Osment said "Party girl" which was a term they had for people who did not speak in a quiet monotone and were not severely detached.

If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.

I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.

people who don't know what to title their novels/movies can title them 'where's waldo' and insert waldo (or not, depending on tone) in one scene

On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.

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."

I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music.

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

i recommend the phrase 'pineapple ass

I like part-time jobs in restaurants.

Amoeba ass is so hot.

Nice said Paul staring transfixed at Fran's delicate and extreme gaze, like that of a skeleton with eyeballs, or a person with their face peeled off.

I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.

A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not.

Pessoa talked about there being no escape," the bear said. "He was right.

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

Sorry, I'd love to hang out with you but this alcohol isn't going to drink itself into incoherence and liver failure

Yeah. I like Chopin. I feel like Chopin is 'emo.' Do you like Chopin?

Just became so overwhelmed with potential food options that i actually cried

I just keep investing in the future, and I haven't reached the point where I'm not doing that.

It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future.

I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.

Sam looked at the sky to see if there were a lot of stars. There seemed to be a normal amount of stars.

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.

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

I don't actually enjoy parties or relationships, I just like the idea that I could maybe be in either of those things

My favourite emotions include 'brief calmness
in good weather' and 'i am the only person alive

I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before.

The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.

I like most any place if I have Internet access.

I may not be confident or ambitious but at least I'm not confident and ambitious

Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake.

Periods are the only thing i can think of where its a problem if you don't bleed

Good morning, this is Dan Rather, with the news. Today, [person] died in an insanely nonhumorous manner

I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.

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

Does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction

I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.

We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don't know what to do.

Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel scared ?