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[...] there's a book by Rainer Maria Rilke that
helped me a lot: Letters to a Young Poet. With-
out it I'd probably think I was crazy some-
times. I think that when an artist - forgive me,
but I do think I'm becoming an artist, even
though some people willlaugh; that's why I
apologize - when an artist tries to be true, you
sometimes feel you're on the verge of some
kind of craziness. But it isn't really craziness.
You're just trying to get the truest part of your-
self out, and it's very hard, you know. There
are times when you think, "All I have to be is
true." But sometimes it doesn't come so easily.
And sometimes it's very easy. [...]
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