The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.
John MausWorking in film, I'm sure you have insight into this, there's something great that only comes by way of interactions with others that a monastic life does not afford.
John MausIt's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.
John MausVarious people have put forth that love is the scene of two, that it's not about unity, it's about two absolutely disjunct positions encountering each other. So here, even with something like sex-- what [that song's] about-- you could never become one.
John Maus