I do like to jump in there, and I probably should have waited till the end. But that's just the way it was. Some people might not think that's a bad thing.

What it is is a political campaign. It's not the use of public office or a vote for financial gain. If it were unethical, then each time an incumbent solicits funds for his own re-election, it would be unethical.

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.

Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.

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