"I'm fiercely anti-authoritarian and to the point where I will do the opposite of somebody tries to tell me what to do," he says. "If you are a fundamentally dark, pessimistic person, the chances that you're going to have a good life are virtually nil" He also talks about his love for Alan Watts' quote: "What is this trying to improve? The reason that you don't understand that you're fine right now." 'You can discuss serious matters, but you don't have to be like this grave sense of importance,' writes Thurney in one scene.