Will Brown
Will Brown
pain enemy
Pain isn't always the enemy.
mother aunt past
No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.
class suffering outsiders
[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.
dark novel humans
Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.
dating computer terrific
Computer dating? It's terrific if you're a computer!
gay lgbt-pride government
No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love
ignorance army males
Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
country art sorry
I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
social monogamy greater
Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
writing want next
If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.
art pain chaos
A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
writing past ice
The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.
self parent underestimate
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
people lines chaos
There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos...