Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.
Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives.
I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels - the late '30s and World War II.
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.
If you don't change with the times, the times are going to change you.
Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.
Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.
You've got to always go back in time if you want to move forward.
The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde.
I don't follow trends. I set my own and I go for the extreme.