You're Responsible For Yourself. You Messed Up

You're Responsible For Yourself. You Messed Up Your Life, And It's Up To You To Fix It. No One Else Is Going To Do It For You -- For Any Of You.

My Parents Played Bridge, And I Remember Being Fascinated Watching Them. I Sometimes Got A Chance To Sit In On A Hand, Which I Loved. But Then I Didn't Actually Play On My Own For About 30 Years.

In A Way, It Made Him Sad. He Couldn't Help But Think That A Hundred Times Zero Was Still Nothing.

I'm Not Stupid. I Know Everybody Thinks I Am. I Just Don't Like Answering Their Questions.

What Amazes Me Is That Most Days Feel Useless. I Don't Seem To Accomplish Anything-just A Few Pages, Most Of Which Don't Seem Very Good. Yet, When I Put All Those Wasted Days Together, I Somehow End Up With A Book Of Which I'm Very Proud.