“What is my new book ‘The Rich Man and His Actor’ about? About how hard it is to shape yourself out of the raw sand of life—and how easy it is to destroy yourself, turn into dust, into nothing, mixed with pain and disappointment. How art not only heals and straightens, but also wounds and kills the artist. How love can become an unbearable burden. How thin the line is between originality and pathology. How humiliating poverty is, how dangerous wealth, how vengeful fame, how merciless fate.”