choice Quotes

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

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.

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

My policy is to not read any reviews.

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.