", I have a friend living as a woman. But she's almost too "normal," to be quite frank. I'm not relying on her, because "The Jerry Springer Show" has such huge characters. I'm trying to come up with a little more dysfunction than that."

-- Max von Essen

#Character Quotes #Dysfunction Quotes #Trying Quotes

“And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.”
“English children have lost their innocence, for their first lessons have been in the exploitation of their adult slave.”
“Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that thereâ€™sï»¿ another side to the coin, and you canâ€™t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was importantâ€”creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.”
“The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.”
“I find anger so comforting. It's like a blanket made of unresolved issues, but it's a blanket none the less.”
“I'm not perfect, but I'm focused when I have a goal.”
“Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really. You make up characters and give them problem after problem after problem.”
“Prayer only works when the channels are open.”

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