“People are curious. A few people are. They will be driven to find things out, even trivial things.”

“Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.”

“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do.”

“Why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are the things people always want to find out about other people?”

“Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.”

“People have curious attitudes about nudity just as they have about sex. Nudity and sex are the most commonplace things in the world. Yet people often act as if they were things that only existed on Mars.”

“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”

“I'm curious about everything - even things that don't interest me.”

“If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion, I mean it’s not even up for debate. An artist at least creates things, puts things into the world. Where as these other people are destroying things, taking things out of the world.”

“I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.”