Joseph Campbell Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: March 26, 1904 - October 30, 1987
Birthday: March 26
Death: October 30
And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting - the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word.
source: Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.3, Anchor
topic: Hurt, Writing, Perfect, True Words
