“I looked at sky this morning and realized summer is almost gone which really made me sad because it doesn't seem as though its been here at all.”

“I love Coos Bay, and I love Acid!”

“She didn't know whether she was running away from something or running to something, but she admitted that deep in her heart she wanted to go home.”

“It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.”

“I feel like Alice in Wonderland. Maybe Lewis G Carroll was on drugs too.”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“My sense of self has expanded and contracted like a schizophrenic accordion. I have questioned everything, and I have felt nothing. I have told the universe to f**k off, and I have fallen down weep...”