Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
An American author, philosopher, psychologist, and essayist, he co-authored The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Shea. His other popular works include Schrodinger's Cat (a novel) and Wilhelm Reich in Hell (a play).
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 January 1932
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
alone
I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.
nature work
I think it's just my nature. I can't work on one thing. I have to work on many things.
I think that I've always been a kind of structured person.
If we lose our culture, we lose our memory.
I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens.
human improving intelligence nervous studying system
Hedonic Engineering -- The human nervous system studying and improving itself: intelligence studying and improving intelligence. Why be depressed, dumb, and agitated when you can be happy, smart, and tranquil?
method sit work
My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.
time
I think mystery... allows us time to dream.
shakespeare work
Christopher Knowles, Buechner, Heiner Mueller, Burroughs, Chekhov, Shakespeare - it's all one body of work.
landscape texas work
The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky.
I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.
content family relationship work
I never thought about the relationship of my mother, my family, to the content of my work.
asked
I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it.
anyone bother half hear hour later lists notes people time
I don't see anyone for the first hour and a half that I'm awake. I don't like to talk, and I don't like to hear any sounds. People know not to bother me! I use that time to read, and make lists and notes of things I have to do later in the day.