I Will Choose A Path That's Clear,

Howard Roark Stood As A Role Model For Me - As Exactly The Way I Already Was Living. Even At That Tender Age [18] I Already Felt That. And It Was Intuitive Or Instinctive Or Inbred Stubbornness Or Whatever; But I Had Already Made Those Choices And Suffered For Them.

Sometimes You're Up Against Everybody In The Whole World - Even Your Friends And Family Are Saying, "you Need A Single." You Feel Sometimes Incredibly Alone.

Lotus-land As It Appears In 'free Will' Is Simply A Metaphor For An Idealized Background, A 'land Of Milk And Honey.' It Is Sometimes Also Used As A Pejorative Name For Los Angeles, Though That Was Not In My Mind When I Wrote It.

Quick To Judge, Quick To Anger, Slow To Understand... Prejudice, Fear And Ignorance Walk Hand-in-hand.

No Changes Are Permanent, But Change Is.