This quote is great:

"Perhaps he sensed that he was king of an entropic kingdom imprisoned by incontinence and cholesterol ads."

I wonder sometimes if the sort of clarity and vinegar with which this man writes, is only borne from the kinds of past struggle and experience he and many artists seem to share.

After watching "Page One" where you learn about his past, I noticed he seems to have a very "I don't give a crap what people think" attitude, which is a great quality for a journalist.

One thought that entered my mind, and wouldn't quite leave, while reading this is: "I hope that people like and value my work after I'm gone." This article is good writing, even though most of it is just re-telling of actual events.

The re-telling of actual events in an engaging way is the foundational act of storytelling.

that was really great