Spotlight Soul Gifts

They hated me.

Social distancing

Cat Tie

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

"It's not face paint. I'm transitioning into a snow leopard."

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

'Don't worry about your job at the office, Sweetie. They declared bankrupty today.'

"Do you think that will count as our 'Fifteen minutes of fame'?"

"Is this who I am?"

"I can't stay in this hospital bed too long. Everyone will think I'm too old...too fragile...ready for the home. I'm not ready for that!"

"Or we could raise your profile by coming out with that pimple on the end of your nose."

The older I get, the more introspective I get, or is that retrospective?'

'I'm a star!'

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

How to cope in Los Angeles vs. New York

'Is there a psychiatrist in the house - the cast is very depressed over opening night reviews!'

'Funny, I thought a near-death experience would be different, somehow.'

"Only four more weeks before school is out...and then we're free for the time of our lives!"

'Mummy, can you please pull the curtain and make it dark please? I'm scared of the light...'

"No, it hasn't anything to do with my presentation. But wait until you see how I hold everyone's attention with it sitting next to me at the podium."

Open Mike for the spotlight operators

"For my next trick, I'll require an audience."

"Wonder if there's something wrong with you? Reality is for us all it's true..."

Late-Onset Epiphany

"Look at me, everyone! I'm amazing!"

'Take a picture...it'll last longer.'

"It's not for you, it's for the paparazzi."

"Date of birth?" "1989." "In 1989 I couldn't make ice... still can't." "Good lord, she could be my daughter! I'm so #!@* old." "That's the year my wife left me. Now I have a cold and I'm depressed!"

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious day when you're ripe and not yet mealy?"

"Solitude is so much better if you have someone to share it with."

PastFuture.

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."