They're there because, for some reason, they have the notion that they're supposed to be there.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In a very simple sense I want everything that's in a work to be there for the reason that it's needed. It's not an ornamentation. It's not there because I thought it looked nice but because it has to be there.
The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.
I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out.
You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where.
Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.
You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around.
I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.
It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else.