I just want you to be happy. If that’s with me or with someone else or with nobody. I just want you to be happy.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose.

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'

If you want to be happy, be.