We need more money for schools. We need more money for the kids. Ever think maybe the damn kids aren't worth it?
I didn't think too much of killing individual people. I use to think of killing the human race sometimes.
The more I looked at people, the more I hated them.
One thing about dead people, they're all the same.
I always wanted to be a criminal, but not this big a one.
Dead people are all on the same level.
No golfer ever gets so consistently good that he can't use some constructive advice. No matter how many trophies he may win, he can't analyze and remedy his own faults.
It was always summer and the future called We were ready for adventure and we wanted them all And there was so much left to dream And so much time to make it real
I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier.
I'm pretty good at fleshing out characters. I like to crawl inside their minds and imaginations and sort of loll about. Sticking to a clean narrative arc gives me some troubles. I've been told that I'm digressive and I'd have to agree. The odd anecdote that in no way relates to the "big idea" is just as illuminating and fascinating to me as anything else pertaining to the through-line.