I don’t care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces ‘intelligence.

Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.

With more people, there are more voices to tune out.

The freakish is no longer a private zone, difficult of access. People who are bizarre, in sexual disgrace, emotionally violent are seen daily on the newsstands, on TV, in the subways.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.