“Every author who straddles culture is inauthentic in a way.”
“Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.”
“Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home who has found his people everywhere.”
“Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.”
“Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.”
“Unquestioned beliefs are the real authorities of a culture. Therefore, if an individual can express what is undeniably real to him without invoking any authority beyond his own experience, he is transcending the belief systems of his culture.”