Maybe handwriting is neither a lost art nor an anachronism; perhaps new technology will show there is some useful alchemy left in the way language, the body, and our sense of identity intertwine.

"To them, we’re nothing but videos to share on Facebook and hashtags to boost on Twitter."

"I’m not comfortable with life on Earth. This life here feels really harsh and painful. It has felt like torture here a lot of the time."

The director's cut of 54 brings the film closer to the club's brand of disco-as-spectacle.

"I kind of remember it as though it happened to someone else."

When I started gaining weight, I didn't just want to get big: I wanted to occupy as much as space as possible.