I’m telling you, people are drawn to egoists because they seem weak. They seem so damn full of themselves that you don’t need to worry that they’ll swallow you too, and they’re such simple people—you think you can manage them, can handle them, because you’ve got their number. Only pretty soon, you learn that once you’ve got theirs, they’ve got yours. And then you’re taking calls every hour of the day or night. And then this isn’t a metaphor anymore. You’re really doing it, and you’re thinking about them all the time.”

