I note that wisdom, insight, and strong powers of observation are intrinsic to those who have financial security. When it is you with money in your wallet, when it is you wearing the diamonds, emeralds, and rubies, when it is you shopping and buying food for the table, you suddenly come across fellow artists who are irritable and mean and defensive and unpleasant to be with. You wonder why, until you realize that their being that way has nothing to do with you, with other people's behavior, with politics, and with the social situation but everything to do with how much they are in debt and how much they still wish they could be making.

Sadly, it is being liquid that gives us as many choices as we can have, and the right to make our own choices.