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on paul newman's passing ... memory ... faulkner


Submitted by Anonymous on September 27, 2008 - 8:42pm


"We should write as we dream; we should even try and write, we should all do it for ourselves, it’s very healthy, because it’s the only place where we never lie. At night we don’t lie. Now if we think that our whole lives are built on lying -- they are strange buildings -- we should try and write as our dreams teach us; shamelessly, fearlessly, and by facing what is inside every human being -- sheer violence, disgust, terror, shit, invention, poetry. In our dreams we are criminals; we kill, and we kill with a lot of enjoyment.