The answer is there is no answer.

If I turn up suicided in the morning, it was murder.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

What you forget when you're planning a hijack by yourself is somewhere along the line, you might need to neglect your hostages just long enough so you can use the bathroom.

The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.

From famous artists to building contractors, we all want to leave our signature. Our lasting effect. Your life after death. We all want to explain ourselves. Nobody wants to be forgotten.