You, and in fact quite a lot of your generation, have in some way been exiled from that particular sanctuary. It's become almost impossible for someone to "go mad" in the classical sense. At one time people conveniently "went mad" and were never heard from again. Like a character in a romantic novel. But now you are too hip to yourself on a psychological level. You all are too intimate with too many of the symptoms of insanity to be caught completely off your guard.

But if the strength ain't real, I recall thinking the very last thing that day, before I finally passed out, then the weakness sure enough is. Weakness is true and real. I used to accuse the kid of faking his weakness. But faking proves the weakness is real. Or you wouldn't be so weak as to fake it. No, you can't ever fake being weak. You can only fake being strong. . .

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.

He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.

This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.