If I am judged for my work, many myths about me as an autocrat or otherwise would become clearer. I feel false propaganda will not last, and truth will ultimately prevail.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.
The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.
Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth.
Eventually, I'm going to be judged purely on my own merits.
I want my work to be judged, not me.
I don't care what people's myths are about me.
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.