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Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.

When my brother passed away... I made a decision that I might die soon, and if I die, I want people to know who I really am.

I've had a wonderful life. What people are going to write about me 10 years after I'm dead - who cares?

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

My goal is that after I am dead and gone, I want people to remember me for the person I am.

I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery over your path about to fall on you, but your friends among the dead hold it back until you have passed by.

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered isn't the most important thing, anyhow. It's what you do when you are here that's important.

When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.

I write about living, not dying.