Youth Is Not Wasted On The Young,

Well Into Adulthood, Writing Has Never Gotten Easier. It Still Only Ever Begins Badly, And There Are No Guarantees That This Is Not The Day When The Jig Is Finally Up.

The Only Thing That Makes One An Artist Is Making Art. And That Requires The Precise Opposite Of Hanging Out; A Deeply Lonely And Unglamorous Task Of Tolerating Oneself Long Enough To Push Something Out.

Being A Stranger Was Like Being Dead, And Brought To Mind How, In A Book He Had Read That Most Folks Misunderstood One Common State: The Flip Side Of Love Is Indifference, Not Hate.

I Am Going To The Bad Place, As Is My Wont.

There's Nothing Particularly Wrong With Being More Pessimistic Than Optimistic. Optimism Is Broad-based, Non-detail-oriented Thinking; Pessimism Is Detail-oriented Thinking.