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Bear in mind that the novel—no matter how intimate, psychological, or subjective—is always a historical projection of its own time.

Samuel R. Delany

The whole problem, I suppose, is that any time some piece of communication strikes poor Fred, or any of the remaining Beasts, for that matter, as possibly meaningful—or is it meaningless? It's been explained to me a dozen times and I still can't get it right—anyway, his religious convictions say he has to either stop it or—barring that—refuse to be a party to it.

Samuel R. Delany

You have to grow all the time, I said. Not necessarily get bigger. But inside your head you have to grow, kid-boy. For us human-type people, that's what's important. And that kind of growing never stops. At least, it shouldn't. You can grow, kid-boy, or you can die. That's the choice you've got, and it goes on all of your life.

Samuel R. Delany

But I realized something. About art. And psychiatry. They're both self-perpetuating systems. Like religion. All three of them promise you a sense of inner worth and meaning, and spend a lot of time telling you about the suffering you have to go through to achieve it.

Samuel R. Delany