"I just wanna tell stories!"
Their faces twisted in response to his tiresome refrain. They knew what followed.
"I just need my audience to GET me, but they never seem to. What's wrong with how I do it?"
And those among him, those who truly knew him shook their head with the simple constant answer.
They understood that all he had to do was stop telling what he wanted to do and just do it.
So he shut his mouth.