Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.
“If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.”
“You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going.”