In The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing says, “That sacred animal the artist justifies everything, everything he does is justified.” Just to be clear, she is not saying this in an approving manner. The genius’s freedom does not concern itself with the care or schedules or feelings of other people. The genius has absolute license. The genius gets to do what he wants. When I tried that, all I ended up with was a drinking problem and a lot of annoyed friends.
