Well, I Think That If You Sincerely

Probably I, Like A Lot Of People, Became A Writer In Imitation Of Or In Homage To The Books I Enjoyed. When You're So Captivated By Something, You Think, Could I Do That? Hmm, Let Me Try

Perhaps Fiction Has, For Me, Served A Similar Purpose--what Is A Narrative Arc If Not The Imposition Of Order On Disparate Events?--and Perhaps It Is My Avid Reading That Has Been My Faith All Along.

At That Time In My Life, No Conclusion Was A Bad Conclusion. Something Ended, And You Stopped Wishing And Worrying. You Could Consider Your Mistakes, And You Might Be Embarrassed By Them, But The Box Was Sealed, The Door Was Shut, You Were No Longer Immersed In The Confusing Middle.

Obviously The Bar Is Much Higher Now For A Behavior To Be Scandalous. Social Media Has Really Changed The Way People Live. It's Not A New Impulse; It's Just Being Enacted In A New Way.

... Nothing Broke My Heart Like The Slow Death Of A Shared Joke That Had Once Seemed Genuinely Funny.