“In the case of this character I’ve created, it does have something to do with the feeling of being unacknowledged or ignored. But to explain a violent sexual urge that way would be ridiculous. It’s mysterious by nature. It’s not that there is no explanation but, whatever it is, it’s both too deep and too fast-moving to be tracked; it blends with too many other things, the way dreams blend different things together. People say that if you talk too much about sex you take away the mystery. I say, if you’re somebody who likes to talk, talk all you want—it’s not listening. You will never take away the mystery.”

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