I would characterize it as widespread, and in some areas it is epidemic.

This isn't something that happened overnight. I quit working with her because I felt like there were lots of demons she was dealing with, and all too often the focus was on the drama and not on the actual talent and music itself.

I feel bad for her because the reality is that she's going to be spending a lot of time recovering from this after all of the media attention is over, which I think feeds some of this.

Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.

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.