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The Responsibility Of The Artist Is To Transcend The Human Ego.

I Certainly Do Attempt To Live According To Spiritual Principles. That's Always The Foundation Of Each And Every Day. I Have Experienced Some Things In My Life That Just Force Me To Believe In Some Sort Of Power. A Creative . . . Creative Power Source; However You Want To Phrase It. I Certainly Have Experienced That Presence. And I Have Experienced What I Consider The Basic, What We Would Call Love And Concern.

There Are A Lot Of People In This Country Who Really Like My Writing. And A Lot Of Writers Respect Me. But The So-called Establishment? They Hate Me.

Sometimes It Seems To Stand Still. Like You’re In A Bag And You Can’t Get Out And Somebody’s Always Telling You That It Will Get Better With Time And Time Just Seems To Stand Still And Laugh At You And Your Pain.

I Think The Function Of Suffering Is To Let Me Know That My Perception Is Skewed; What I’m Doing Is Judging Natural Events In Such A Way That I Am Creating Suffering Within Myself. For Instance, You Have Pain Over Certain Conditions, Certain Situations That Occur. And If You Just Say ‘ok, Here I Am, I’m Going To Experience The Pain,’ You Don’t Suffer. The Resistance And The Degree Of The Resistance To The Natural Phenomenon Of Life Causes Tremendous Suffering.