"Underlying theme? Idealism is often going to be neurotic. Also? The more power you have, the more..."

“Underlying theme?  Idealism is often going to be neurotic. Also? The more power you have, the more insecure you are.”

- I was looking at the folder where I kept my drafts and other materials for All the Birds in the Sky, and a document called “Outlining for the Trillionth Time.” It was mostly a summary of the book, trying to tease out the connections, but this was the final line.