"I consciously chose to be authentic and real. This has many controversial aspects, but I told myself that if I'm already putting myself out there, it's better to tell the truth. To be a poster figure that rewrites itself and checks how everything it says will look and affect it—how can one live such a life? It's better to die. The tragedy of people who avoid life's pleasures, their thoughts, the actions they want to do. We have gatekeepers who maintain social order."
January 1, 1970
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