Every Human Being Must Find His Own

I Wanted Nothing Less Than To Be A Fiction Writer When I Was A Kid. If You Had Told Me I Would Be An Artist Or Novelist When I Grew Up, I Would Have Laughed In Your Face

I Have A Grim Outlook On The World, And In Particular On Humanity. Spent Years Denying It, But I Am Very Misanthropic. And I Live Alone On A Mountain For A Reason.

Still, It's An Interesting Technique-leaving One Person Behind In Order To Find Her Or Him Somewhere Else. And In Someone Else.

She Has That Quality, Does The Hudson, As I Imagine All Great Rivers Do: The Deep, Abiding Sense That Those Activities What Take Place On Shore Among Human Beings Are Of The Moment, Passing, And Aren't The Stories By Way Of Which The Greater Tale Of This Planet Will, In The End, Be Told.

I, Like Most Of My Friends, Couldn't Believe I Bought A Mountain Called Misery Mountain, Because It Was So Appropriate.