The weather today is an increasing trend towards denial.

It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.

People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.

If you're going to read this, don't bother.

As a culture, we believe that if we kill something, we've killed the issue. That's why so many books end with death, why so many plays end with death, because it's full resolution. I'm always curious to know what happens after Romeo and Juliet die. In a way, that's the beginning of the story. Maybe beyond the story is even better.

An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained, the worse the past would seem. But by venting, people could start to resolve the past. By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward.