The things you used to own, now they own you.

Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.

One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their own developmental stages and recognise themselves and undo a lot of things they decided.

If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

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

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.