Later i thought no, is not brave is just... i wasn't loyal.
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If you ultimately are purely loyal to how your subject would want you to look at him you are silent, is almost like a form of suicide for a writer: complete silence, complete loyalty. But that's loyal to the other and not loyal to the selfmaking. Then on the other hand, if you tell names and tell secrets and walk into the roots other people are in danger, the way you are in danger.


Sharon Olds, entrevistada por Amy Hempel, allá:
http://anon.salon.speedera.net/anon.salon/mp3s/bomb2.mp3