Washington D.c.! Congress Is Full Of Self-declared

I Am Just Like Everybody Else...because There Is Nobody Like Me In The Whole World.

Every Writer Owes Something To A Particular Tradition He/she Grew Up In. But No Serious Writer - Other Than The Militantly Nationalist Ones - Would Reduce His/her Domain Of Influence To A Single Tradition. Furthermore, Historical Breaks Are So Common And Large In Europe That There Are Ruptures In Every Tradition Which Then Connect The Same Generations Across National Borders. Younger Eastern European Writers, For Instance, Have More In Common With Other Writers Of The Same Age In Europe, Than With The Previous, Communist-era Generations In Their Own Countries.

I've Read Books In School That Were Written By Ideological Rote - They Were Brainwashers. Therefore, Any Art, Any Literature, That Has A Clearly Defined Political Goal Is Repellent To Me.

I'm A Dilettante By Temperament. I Don't Have Any Expectation.

I've Been A Nick Cave Fan Since The Early '80s When He Was Part Of The Birthday Party Thing Singing Australian Self-destructive Rock Band And I've Always Followed His Work And Loved It.