I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?