"There is not much difference between [exorcism] and... witchcraft of the blacks... In fact, it is even worse, because the blacks only sacrifice roosters to their gods, while the Holy Office is happy to break innocents on the rack or burn them alive in a public spectacle."

--Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Of Love and Other Demons

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Reading:

Platform by Michel Houellebecq
The collected stage plays of Paddy Chayefsky


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I have to think about whether or not this is the life I can live: the life of a director in Hollywood. It's brutal, destructive, and the uphill battle is never-ending. I have to find my peace within it, my sense of self. I cannot afford to let it kill me. And so I must find moments to pull away, to focus on other passions, to develop other parts of myself. I have to create some kind of balance: the filmmaker and the person.

I will figure this out.

I will make it work.

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