All I know is that my mind is slipping by the day and if I don’t take the bull by the horns and plan ahead… sometime in the not-to-distant future I’m going to wake up one day and I’ll no longer be in control and the idea of leaving a documented record of my life will be a hopeless fantasy.

— Martin Manley, Martin Manley: My Life and Death, Ch. January 1, 2012, 2013