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I've Never Planned Ahead.i Just Sort Of Go Through Life Checking The Menu Of Three Meals That Day. I Never Worry About Tomorrow. It's Only Since I've Gotten Older That I've Begun To Wonder About Time Running Out. Is It Sufficient Unto Itself That I Don't Plan? Because Maybe Next Thursday Won't Come One Day. And Then, I'm Concerned About That. But That's Not Uniquely The Writer's Concern, That's The Concern Of Every Middle-aged Man Who Looks In The Mirror.

The Chancellor, The Late Chancellor, Was Only Partly Correct, He Was Obsolete. But So Was The State, The Entity He Worshipped. Any State, Any Entity, Any Ideology That Fails To Recognize The Worth, The Dignity, The Rights Of Man, That State Is Obsolete. A Case To Be Filed Under 'm' For Mankind... In The Twilight Zone.

In Almost Everything I've Written There Is A Thread Of This: Man's Seemingly Palpable Need To Dislike Someone Other Than Himself.

I Find Dictating In The Mass Media Particularly Good Because You're Writing For Voice Anyway; You're Writing For People To Say A Line And, Consequently, Saying A Line Through A Machine Is Quite A Valid Test For The Validity Of What You're Saying.

You See. No Shock. No Engulfment. No Tearing Assunder. What You Feared Would Come Like An Explosion Is Like A Whisper. What You Thought Was The End Is The Beginning.