The White Cracker Who Wrote The National

You Have A Good Heart And You Think The Good Thing Is To Be Guilty And Kind But It's Not Always Kind To Be Gentle And Soft, There's A Genuine Violence Softness And Kindness Visit On People. Sometimes Self-interested Is The Most Generous Thing You Can Be.

Here's The Thing About Politics: It's Not An Expression Of Your Moral Purity And Your Ethics And Your Probity And Your Fond Dreams Of Some Utopian Future. Progressive People Constantly Fail To Get This.

I Just Wondered What A Thing It Would Be...if Overnight Everything You Owe Anything To, Justice, Or Love, Had Really Gone Away. Free. It Would Be...heartless Terror. Yes. Terrible, And... Very Great. To Shed Your Skin, Every Old Skin, One By One And Then Walk Away, Unemcumbered, Into The Morning.

Don't Be Afraid; People Are So Afraid; Don't Be Afraid To Live In The Raw Wind, Naked, Alone...learn At Least This: What You Are Capable Of. Let Nothing Stand In Your Way.

And I Don't Consider Broadway The Acropolis Of Theatrical Art. I Mean Broadway Is Commercial - That's What It Is. It's Expensive Seats And A Lot Of Them That Have To Be Filled Every Night. Off-broadway And Off-off Broadway As Far As I'm Concerned Is In New York The Pride Of New York Theater.