'I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word. A story. I want to find something else, unknowable, some place to be that's not on the map. A real adventure.' A spinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined.

When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.