People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be.

I liked projects where I could take things apart and figure out exactly how they worked. The problem is, you can't do that with people.

People have to create some sort of art so they have something to think about other than their shitty lives.

This should have been a red flag, I realize in retrospect. Working really hard on anything is, by definition, not cool.

It wasn't an effect of alcohol. It was more like we got drunk on the night.

Of course, as always, there is an arbitrary, invisible fence in place. You can't see it, but it will always keep you out. It will always encircle happiness and keep you out.