To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.
Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.
When you've been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.
I live to feel myself in danger.
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.