Finish (or perish) the thought

[Watcher55]

Simple game - finish the thoughts of previous posters and/or start (and finish) a thought of your own.

Writers are...

…like comedians; goofy people with a need to be taken seriously.

…like sado-masochists; they torture the thing that’s torturing them and wonder why that’s strange.

…like parents; they can’t wait to get the kid out of the house but they cry when they have to let them out into the world.

…like children with a toy – MINE

…spying on everyone