The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing, entertaining, fun story to write and learn your writing chops with the least important things before you start applying them to the most important things.

You love me. You ignore me. You save my life, then you cook my mother into soap.

Hey, you created me! I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility!

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

I need to rebel against myself. It's the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but only on a superficial level. They'd never risk market share to really explore the issues. They report, but don't analyze or suggest any new ways for living our lives.

Rant said that view of time was set up so folks won't live forever. It's the planned obsolescence we've all agreed to...'Nothing says you have to swallow this,' Rant told me. 'You can always just die.