I think that writing books is a little bit like raising children. You have to be careful though. It's okay to take pride in the work, but I think it's bad to want the glory to reflect back on you.
I think one of the real ways I have gotten smarter is I don't think I'm that kind much smarter than other people.
There's a thing in the book about how when somebody leaps from a burning skyscraper, it's not they're not afraid of falling anymore. It's that the alternative is so awful.
We are both so young. He wants something better than he has. I want precisely what he has already. Neither of us knows where our lives are going to go. It smells like chewing tobacco, soda and smoke.
If I could, I'd say to David that leaving those days with him reminded me of what life is like, instead of being a relief from it.
