Life Is A Cruel, Horrible

You're Not Surprised When Alcoholics Act Like Alcoholics. It's More Surprising When Non-alcoholics Start Acting Like Alcoholics.

Happy Is One Of The Many Things I'm Likely To Be Over The Course Of A Day And Certainly Over The Course Of A Lifetime. But I Think If You Have The Expectation That You're Going To Be Happy Throughout Your Life--more To The Point, If You Have A Need To Be Comfortable All The Time--well, Among Other Things, You Have The Makings Of A Classic Drug Addict Or Alcoholic.

You Know How They Say That Religion Is The Opiate Of The Masses? Well I Took Masses Of Opiates Religiously.

I Always Felt The Jewish Part More. In Fact, Growing Up I Felt Like A Jew Among Wasps. My Brother Is More Decidedly Waspy.

Everything Grows Rounder And Wider And Weirder, And I Sit Here In The Middle Of It All And Wonder Who In The World You Will Turn Out To Be.