Survival often feels like an indignity.
At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."
Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss.
Movies that look safe are less interesting.
I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window.
The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.