“You don't ever really learn anything you didn't know when you were thirteen.”

“… why were you happier when you were a kid? Because you didn't know anything. The more you know, the sadder you get.”

“One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.”

“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.”

“Friendship… is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.”

“…There’s two sides of the coin: One where people don't expect you to do anything and won't let you do anything because they think you don't know how, and then the other side is when you're fucking up but they won't tell you because you're a girl. Then you don’t learn.”

“People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything. So write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.”

“Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.”

“The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about”

“Often he was a joy, and you know, he was one of the few people I ever learned anything from.”