No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.

Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.

However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.

I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy so many lives in the U.S., but infect the rest of the world with its obsession with getting more, ignoring the deadly effect that has on the planet.

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.