I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved.
You're always putting yourself into your work. There's no separation; it's just how you use yourself and transform.
I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.
I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.
When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.
My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.
I always worked pretty steadily. But maybe out of some kind of fear, I put the brakes on letting myself be as successful as I'd like to be. More and more, I've taken the brakes off and let whatever happens happen.
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.