"I write both, as you know, dozens of ecological and social scientific and historical works, dozens of novels. It's hard to describe a novel that grapples with the horrors of World War II as anything but grueling. But Codex OrfÃ©o is somehow...well, I hope, riveting for readers. Deeply provocative. Cinematic in a nearly surreal sense."

-- Michael Tobias

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“If there is one thing I've learned in thirty years as a psychotherapist, it is this: If you can let your experience happen, it will release its knots and unfold, leading to a deeper, more grounded experience of yourself. No matter how painful or scary your feelings appear to be, your willingness to engage with them draws forth your essential strength, leading in a more life-positive direction.”
“People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.”
“I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.”
“[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what was being written could really happen.”
“The '60s were a time of great change in American music.”
“I have one good girlfriend and then most of my friends are guys. Which I love, because they're just like so easygoing and I love to play like Xbox and just chill out when I'm not working, so boys are probably the way to go for me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Once I got over my anger and rage from childhood, once I stopped feeling like a victim, I was able to open myself to great sources of learning.”
“When I made my student film, a feature, nobody wanted to talk to me and I was, like, in the desert for 12 years.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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