“I write about scoundrels; my specialty is generally scoundrels. If somebody's done a bad thing, I just talk about it. I don't prettify it or anything. My characters, a lot of them are disgusting — what they've done in the past. Somebody described them once as "last-ditch attempts at justification." And sometimes that's what my characters or my personae are doing: they're saying, "Yes, I did this and that thing, and perhaps it was evil. It was bad — maybe it wasn't even evil — but this is why I did it. You don't know the circumstances surrounding it." And this is the telling; they're almost retelling what happened from their point of view .... I use "bad words" whenever I feel the need, you know, I just put 'em in there — if it's true to my character. I always like to think that I'm doing things that are true to my charcter. And I hope that, when I'm dealing with violence, for example, that it's not gratuitous, that it's coming out of character that requires that .... I usually start with character, rather than a concept or an idea. If I do want to deal with an idea, I must create a character, in order to work from there, from that angle.” WritingPoetryEvilViolenceCharactersPersonae Author:Ai
“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the well of truth swiftly obscures our vision and perception. ("Trompe le pied.")” TruthVisionFantasyPerceptionObscureCautionGrimPolishedIntentionsWellMeaningsGenerouslyPersonaeSwiftlyPalm OffShroudedWatchwordConstrucsNicelyPokerfaceRimpling Water Author:Erik Pevernagie
“I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside. I don’t believe I exist behind myself.” SelfRealityUnderstandingNatureExistenceSeeingPersonalityClarityMeaning Of LifeFeelingBeingPaganismPantheismPersonae Book:Selected Poems (By Fernando Pessoa) Source: Selected Poems (By Fernando Pessoa)