Even those with successful careers seldom find their work or lives rewarding. You gotta want out. People's evident hypocrisy has to cause you pain. Me, I like people. I hardly ever hurt.
Life is often good.
Even a cursory reading of the book was enough to convince me of my amateur status when it comes to cynicism and curmudgeonhood. . . . Judy Garland and others did kill themselves. Some of my friends died before they could kill themselves. One was murdered at point blank range with six bullets to his head. Life's like that. . . .