Creed Bratton

"Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way."

"All I ever wanted was for you to notice me."

"I have seen things that will make your head spin and your heart palpitate."

"That's what she said. No, wait, I'm trying to say something real."

"I once poisoned a man in Utica. Never found out who."

"I once bought a suicide kit online. It was just the frame."

"The only way to get what you want in this life is to work hard. Or charm. Or theft."

"I've done a lot of things. Some of them legal, most of them not."

"You can't trust people. That's why I'm a lone wolf."

"I'm an expert in bird law."

"I'm not in touch with my emotions, which is a good thing."

"Friendship is all about trust and respect. I have neither."

"Money is just paper. I've seen worse things on paper."

"The key to happiness is low expectations."

"I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Mostly in my backyard."

"Success is a journey, not a destination. I'm still journeying."

"Love is for the weak. But I've loved."

"Fear is just a state of mind. My mind doesn't have states."

"Change is inevitable. I've been changing my story for decades."

"Education is important. That's why I dropped out."

"Time flies when you're having fun. When you're not, it crawls."

"The truth is a weapon. Use it wisely."

"Freedom is worth dying for. I've almost died several times."

"Peace comes from accepting what you cannot change."

"Nature is beautiful and terrifying. Like me."

"Art is the most honest form of expression. I don't know what I'm expressing."

"Science explains the world. I don't need explanations."

"Music soothes the savage beast. I am that beast."

"Faith is believing in something without proof. I have proof."

"A leader is someone people follow. I don't want followers."