No Special Writing Rituals. And

First Of All, There Was A Volcano Of Words, An Eruption Of Words That Shakespeare Had Never Used Before That Had Never Been Used In The English Language Before. It's Astonishing. It Pours Out Of Him.

In High School I Read [lev] Tolstoy's "anna Karenina" And Loved It. Then I Read [friedrich] Nietzsche's "on The Genealogy Of Morals" And That Hit Me Hard. I Don't Know Where I Got It. My Parents Warned Me Not To Mention Either Of Those Books When I Went For My College Interviews So I Wouldn't Seem Like An Egghead. They Told Me To Talk About Sports.

No Special Writing Rituals. And My Desk Is Usually Cluttered.

The Exercise Of Reason Is Not Available Only To Specialists; It Is Accessible To Everyone.

First Of All, Shakespeare Is About Pleasure And Interest. He Was From The First Moment He Actually Wrote Something For The Stage, And He Remains So.