Conversations with Avant-garde Sages - The Wizard LLC

Conversations with Avant-garde Sages
ROBERT WOLFE: Yes. So in other words, you go down the street
and you see somebody beating a child, and you do this thing, or
you do that thing. Who's the doer? Something's being done, the
organism is doing something, there's something aware of what the
organism is doing, there's something witnessing what's taking
place. Do you need to go any further than that? Do you need to
have some idea of why this is being done, or can you be content as
it were to notice what's being done without the idea that
something other than what's being done should be done. Do you
follow what I'm saying?
PAUL NAGY: But in that, that seems to be… then you lack any
moral compunction.
ROBERT WOLFE: Well yes, morals are an idea.
WIZARD: I agree with that.
TRIP: Speaking of the suchness of things. One of the things that
is true of our show is we affirm people, and I want to say that as
far as I'm concerned, you're a realized human being, and by the
way, you're an amazingly good writer.
ROBERT WOLFE: Thank you.
TRIP: I think I'm a good writer, but I read your writing and it's
just way beyond what I can do.
ROBERT WOLFE: Thank you.
TRIP: I'm really enjoying it. I didn't realize your book was 440
pages, I left in enough time to reach 250 okay, and I’ll get to the
other 200 tonight. But I want to say that I think…
ROBERT WOLFE: I want to say that as an interviewer, you've
done your homework.
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