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

If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.

Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you'll know how they'll describe a "hot day." Or a "pretty girl."

After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

You have to jump into disaster with both feet.

For the first time in longer than I can remember, I feel peaceful. Not happy. Not sad. Not anxious. Not horny. Just all the higher parts of my brain closing up shop. The cerebral cortex. The cerebellum. That's where my problem is. I'm now simplifying myself. Somewhere balanced in the perfect middle between happiness and sadness. Because sponges never have a bad day.