Why Can't People Just Sit And Read

Because Life Doesn't Work That Way. You Can Do Everything Perfectly. Do Everything You Think You're Supposed To Be Doing. Fulfill Every Expectation That Other People May Have. And You Still Won't Get The Results You Think You Deserve. Life Is Crazy And Maddening And Often Makes No Sense.

You Know What Kind Of Person It Takes To Run For President? Not Normal. They Could Start Out Okay, But By The Time They Reach That Level They've Sold Their Soul To The Devil So Many Times And Stomped The Guts Out Of Enough People That They Are Definitely Not Like You And Me, Not Even Close.

Life Was Not Fair. If You Wanted Something You Had To Take It. Before Someone Else Took It From You. Neatly Dissected Down To Its Essence, Life Was One Long Series Of Lily Pad Hoppings. The Quick And The Resourceful Were Able To Adapt And Survive; All Others Were Simply Crushed As A More Nimble Creature Landed On The Lily Pad They Had Occupied For Too Long.

As A Lawyer, As A Private Citizen, You See A Lot Of Injustice. You See A Lot Of People Who Should Have Been Punished And Are Not, And People Who Were Punished Wrongfully Are Not Vindicated. Fiction Is Sort Of A Way To Set The Record Straight, And Let People At Least Believe That Justice Can Be Achieved And The Right Outcomes Can Occur.

The Real Worth Of A Person Came From How He Acted During The Bad Times. (john Fiske)