People need routines. It's like a theme in music. But it also restrictsyour thoughts and actions and limits your freedom. It structures your priorities and in some cases distorts your logic.

For novelists or musicians, if they really want to create something, they need to go downstairs and find a passage to get into the second basement. What I want to do is go down there, but still stay sane.

At times like this, adults need a drink

Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole function. They would end up as words that are never spoken, and words that aren't spoken are no longer words. - (Where I'm Likely To Find It)

Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.

Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.

I'm not human. I'm a piece of machinery. I don't need to feel a thing. Just forge on ahead.

Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.