Loss Means Losing What Was.

If There Were A God Of New York, It Would Be The Greek's Hermes, The Roman's Mercury. He Embodies New York Qualities: The Quick Exchange, The Fastness Of Language And Style, Craftiness, The Mixing Of People And Crossing Of Borders, Imagination.

Writing Books For Me Is Anyway Much Like A Military Campaign. I Confess To Fighting My Way Through With Military Metaphors. There Is A Strategy, An Overall Concept, And There Are Tactics Along The Way…tradition Would Say I Was A 'child Of Mars.'

I Have Found That The Person With A Sense Of Story Built In From Childhood Is In Better Shape Than One Who Has Not Had Stories . . One Knows What Stories Can Do, How They Can Make Up Worlds And Transpose Existence Into These Worlds. . . .one Learns That Worlds Are Made By Words And Not Only By Hammers And Wires.

We Have To Give Value To Authority. We Have To Give Value To Office, Being In Office, Holding Office.

Psychotherapy Makes Every Problem A Subjective, Inner Problem. And That's Not Where The Problems Come From. They Come From The Environment, The Cities, The Economy, The Racism. They Come From Architecture, School Systems, Capitalism, Exploitation. They Come From Many Places That Psychotherapy Does Not Address. Psychotherapy Theory Turns It All On You: You Are The One Who Is Wrong.