“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”

“Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.”

“Hope is the denial of reality. - Raistlin”

“Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”

“That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?”

“The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.”

“It was terribly difficult. It's not something I ever wanted in my life. Naively I just thought, 'oh I've got this great part'. I never thought about the reality of all the stuff that went with it. I'm actually quite a shy person when I'm not on stage.”

“I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours.”

“Most people just don’t want to accept the reality of incompatibility. But refusing to accept incompatibility will lead you straight down the road to relationship hell.”

“I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.”