Q: One of the people you interviewed was your son Balder. He's a success. He makes a living playing music with the band Dread Clampitt. His wife makes a living as an actress.
A: If you're doing it, you're a success. Everybody in the book is a success. People who make a lot of money but don't control the product aren't successful. They are hirelings. They are wage-slaves for the company they work for.
Q: What are you unhappy about, then?
A: I'm not unhappy. I'm happy.
Q: You look pissed-off.
A: That's my default expression.
That's just the way I look.
I am thinking. I'm concentrating. I'm brooding.
My car almost didn't start
this morning. It started.
I don't know if it will start after work today.
I am at work. If it starts, I'll drive it home. If it doesn't, I'll figure out what
to do then.
But a poor person, a working person, a working person who writes
a book in his head, has a lot on his mind, at any given moment.
You'd frown
too.
Q: I hate cars. I hate having to have a car.
A: That's un-American.
You're supposed to love your car.
Your car identifies you.
It's a reflection of your social worth. You are
your car.
Q: I am not my car. I am not my house. I am not my clothes. I couldn't care less about clothes.
A: That's un-American.