No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life.
Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.
I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level.
It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money.
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.