"My reasons are moral.' And they said 'Then get out of this university. and don't ever come back.' And I I I did. and I left and I never came back. and I I you know it would be really wonderful if I co…"

"The only way to write is to write. There's no other way. You just have to sit down and do it."

"The universe is a vast, empty place. And we're all alone in it."

"I'm a very lonely person. I've always been lonely. It's just part of who I am."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."