“ And yet Curt’s a real writer too. His machinery is stuck, that’s all. ”
All you need do, Bernie,”she gulped her toast soaked in coffee, “is present the truth as fiction.
~ James Purdy
Never deprecate another person's sufferings even when imaginary.
But failure has kept Curt at home like a nice warm dachshund.
Nobody can cause another man evil unless the second party involved allows him to.