“ Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven. ”
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
~ Wendy Wasserstein
The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.
Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, “Respect me; I’m a respectable grown-up! and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.
