Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature.
“Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.”
“When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.”