Perhaps no personal biography better describes this era than the rise and fall of Michael Avenatti. Emily Jane Fox in Vanity Fair: Inside The Epic Fall Of Michael Avenatti. “I have said many, many times over the last year, this is either going to end really, really well, or really, really badly. I am most fearful of the fact that the rate of descent is greater than the rate of ascent. Some would argue at this point that I flew too close to the sun. As I sit here today, yes, absolutely, I know I did.” (It was hot and fiery, but it wasn’t the sun…)