“I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is built to make people lonely... It's difficult to remember that your loneliness is not really about you and everyone has it.” PeopleWorldWritingHardRememberWishDifficultLonelinessBuiltLonely Author:Jessa Crispin
“I don't behave the way people necessarily want me to, but I tried behaving that other way for a short period of time and it didn't take.” PeopleWayWantPeriodsBehaveWant Me Author:Jessa Crispin
“Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it."” PeopleKnowsFeelsOpinionSeaStupidMines Author:Jessa Crispin
“There's this resistance to actually talking to people who are smarter than you about things and I don't know why that is.” PeopleKnowsTalkingResistanceSmarter Author:Jessa Crispin
“Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets.” PeopleOperaTicketsNailsEmailPolishNail Polish Author:Jessa Crispin
“I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to be less of that.” PeopleNeedsSelfHardFiguresCynicalImpressionable Author:Jessa Crispin
“Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.” PeopleTryingProblemCreativePhotographerPainterCreative People Author:Jessa Crispin