Now is the autumn of our ennui.

Who you are moment to moment is just a story.

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.

There's worse that people can steal from you than money.

You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

A couple drinks. A couple aspirin. Repeat.