Bruises fade. Death is permanent.
One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.
Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live.
Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.
Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy.
I've always found ideas everywhere, but my favorite place is Nordstrom, because of their liberal return policies for those ideas that don't work out.