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When you’re writing there’s a deep, deep level of concentration way below your normal self. This strange voice, these strange sentences come out of you.

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I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.

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I never went to university. I’m self-educated. I didn’t go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.

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May 3, 2024

I never went to university. I’m self-educated. I didn’t go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.

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May 3, 2024

I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.

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