We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra...
Don't do this. I love you. Don't shut me out.
You'll need to suffer to make any real art.
We all have some proper noun to blame.
You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?