There is a social contract in "Fight Club" and in "Choke" where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In "Choke" it's all of these people who think that they've saved his life, and really care about him because they've embraced him and they've been his saviors. In "Fight Club" it's all of these people who are dying of various diseases, and they thought that Edward Norton was also dying so they allowed him really strong pent-up emotions.

Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown.

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished.

The career of a movie star consists of helping everyone else forget their troubles. Using charm and beauty and good cheer to make life look easy.

You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

What I mean is sometimes, for an artist, chronic pain can be a gift.