Each one risked something and went as far as possible in ...

Each one risked something and went as far as possible in taking this risk; each one drew from it an irrepressible right. What is left for the abstract speaker once she has given advice of wisdom and distinction? Well then, are we to speak always about ... Fitzgerald and Lowry's alcoholism, Nietzsche and Artaud's madness, while remaining on the shore?  Are we to become the professionals who give talks on these topics? 

Deleuze, Logic of Sense