We Have No Sense Of The Collective

Eventually, Someone Is Going To Pick Up A Brick.

Nobody Reads Anymore In America. Reading Has Become The Least Effective Delivery System For Narrative. That's Sad Because Prose Is The Means By Which You Can Deliver Very Complicated, Nuanced Explanations Of Problems And Possible Solutions.

The Trick To Making A Story Matter Is That Every Now And Then, Somebody You Care About Has To Go. If It's Somebody That You Don't Care About, Then It Doesn't Really Have - The Stakes Aren't There. But If You Do That Every Now And Then, Then The Story Matters To People. And There Are Actual Stakes Involved, Emotional Stakes.

Awakening Into Love Is A Lifelong Path.

Homicide Is The Major Leagues, The Center Ring, The Show. It Always Has Been ... It Goes Beyond Academic Degrees, Specialized Training Or Book Learning, Because All The Theory In The World Means Nothing If You Can't Read The Street.