Even the written history [of Abraham Lincoln's times] is poorly understood by most people.

I think this is the other big issue that is not going away: Do we really believe that bit in the Constitution or not? I think we do.

Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within.

I find that the great artists I've met are people who are so playfully invested in their process that, even if it doesn't come out the way they like, they still power through and even take energy from it.

I guess: People who are comfortable enough with reality to allow other sorts of realities and other mindsets to just be, and then to regard these with real interest and joy [and the joy appears in the prose quality itself].

Let's say there's something operating in you called Mind. It's very powerful, but it's dampened by the body, by physicality. When you die, that tether gets cut and off the mind goes with incredible power.

Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored.