Sometimes you can write what you want to write; but a lot of the time you write what you have to write. Whatever comes out, comes out.

I am not a very careful writer. I feel something, write it down, and try to move on.

Writing has become a way of me dealing with things, day-to-day. Call it emotional abstraction; call it compartmentalization; call it what you will. It helps.

But then you get to a certain point in your life, and you don’t know what to do anymore. What then?

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Think about the smell of pencil shavings fresh from a pencil sharpener; now imagine what flavor of ice cream that reminds you of.

[Go ahead, give an AI that command.]

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What drives you? What motivates you every day to get out of bed and do stuff? What’s your purpose in life — you as an individual — that’s what i’m interested in.

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Writing is just words. Talking with someone IRL, it’s an exchange of words and emotions and pheromones and physical presence.

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You can’t solve every problem; you don’t have to try. Some questions don’t have answers; it’s not your fault.

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Better Off will probably be a more reflective book than anomaly was: more big picture. The tone should be less show-off-y.

The purpose of writing anomaly was for me to find love again, i suppose. And the point of Better Off will be to underscore the importance of having an optimistic interpretation of life.