I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
“I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.”
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”