Everyone Shares The Same Fate.

Every Essay - The Subject Matter Of Every Essay - Is Ultimately About The Essayist; Him Or Herself. That Ultimately, Every Essayist Is Writing About His Or Her View Of The World.

In A World Without Future, Each Parting Of Friends Is A Death. In A World Without Future, Each Loneliness Is Final. In A World Without Future, Each Laugh Is The Last Laugh. In A World Without Future, Beyond The Present Lies Nothingness, And People Cling To The Present As If Hanging From A Cliff.

For My Students Who Are Trying To Learn The Craft Of Writing In A Writing Class - Contemporary Literature Is What's Most Useful.

I Wouldn't Overall Say That "the Diagnosis" Is A Funny Book. I Would Say That It Has Comic Moments. It's A Modern Tragedy.

I Consider Myself A Spiritual Atheist. I Certainly Believe There Are Forces Bigger Than Ourselves, And That We Should Be Searching, Individually, For Meaning In Our Lives. But I Don't Believe There's A Supreme Being, An Intelligence That Created Everything.