He showed videotape of himself committing acts of self-violence and informing news crews that he had been assaulted by a marauding mob of irate art historians.

— Johnny Rich

He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.

— Johnny Rich

His suffering was no more real than he was.

— Johnny Rich

I don’t see big subjects as separate from little ones. Yes, you could trudge through life with great human tragedies played out before your eyes without ever taking notice. Or you could see a universe in the smallest thing. The way a person takes their coffee, for example, might say something profound and important about that person, about all humanity, about existence itself.

— Johnny Rich

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

— Johnny Rich

I guarantee it will change your life, but only because everything does, however small.

— Johnny Rich

I know everything must be a lie, but I believe it anyway.

— Johnny Rich

I’m a bit-part actor in my own life

— Johnny Rich

I may not be free, but I’m not about to surrender the illusion of choice.

— Johnny Rich

Inhumanity is part of humanity as much as suffering is a part of stories. Cruelty is written in the human script.

— Johnny Rich