He Had Learned The Worst

When The Whole World Doesn't Believe In God, It'll Be A Great Place.

This Is What You Know About Someone You Have To Hate: He Charges You With His Crime And Castigates Himself In You.

And As He Spoke, I Was Thinking, 'the Kind Of Stories That People Turn Life Into, The Kind Of Lives People Turn Stories Into.

Nothing Has A More Sinister Effect On Art Than The Artist's Desire To Prove That He's Good. The Terrible Temptation Of Idealism! You Must Achieve Mastery Over Your Idealism, Over Your Virtue As Well As Over Your Vice, Aesthetic Mastery Over Everything That Drives You To Write In The First Place - Your Outrage, Your Politics, Your Grief, Your Love!

The Ordeal Is Part Of The Commitment" Esquire Interview 10/10