Conversation

Leonard Cohen was asked what the difference between him and people like boroughs, grass, and sartre was he responded:
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"the only thing that differs between those writers and myself, is that I hold out the idea that ecstasy as the solution. if only people get high, they can face the evil part. if a man Feels in his heart, its only going to be a mundane confrontation with feelings."
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"he'll repeat to himself ... slogans like "be better be good" he hasn't had a taste of that madness. he's never soared! he doesn't know what it feels like to be a god. for him, all the stories about holiness and the temple of the body are meaningless."
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"the thing about sartre is that he's never lost his mind. the thing that people are interested in doing now, is blowing their heads off. and that's why the writing of schizophrenics like myself will be important."
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