I’ve had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I’ve been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.
What affected me most profoundly was the realization that the sciences of cryptography and mathematics are very elegant, pure sciences. I found that the ends for which these pure sciences are used are less elegant.
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.
It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years.
There is a close analogy between organic chemistry in its relation to biochemistry and pure mathematics in its relation to physics.
Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low.
The way we’re going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That’s where you get the most out of it.