His movies are gaunt and cryptic, yet they don't insult the audience; they communicate their gloomy questions in ways that leave one aroused and unsettled.
Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy guys!
If I didn't know that other young writers were doing all kinds of other things (though rarely selling as many books as Bank or Eggers), I might pose one of those portentous, unjustly gloomy middle-years questions like: Why are young men still so convinced that size matters more than anything?
There are indeed some gloomy answers to these questions, the kind described in Matt Richtel's article about the Campbell family in The Times on Monday.
Asked why he was "so gloomy" in the first Q&A question, the only way was up.
Although there was broad consensus that tougher times lie ahead, some fiscal experts questioned Mr. Bloomberg's gloomy message, pointing to an increase in the anticipated surplus in the current fiscal year.
But I also want to question the assumption — whether gloomy or faintly gloating — that books are on the way out.
This makes for a lonely, gloomy time, unless the expat in question is young, single, fluent in English and gregarious.In China a senior executive at a state-owned firm is a big fish.
If both leaders had been prepared to stretch that crucial bit farther, might their fingers, perhaps, have entwined?Seek peace, or face an even gloomier futureThat, now, is an unanswerable question.
I wonder what gloomy fate awaits the criminal Bashar?" There were questions on whether Mr. Qaddafi's death would encourage Mr. Assad, Mr. Saleh and other autocrats to use greater force against their people or to pull back.
