Steven Pressfield

Like that great speech in The Godfather Part II where, is it Lee Strasberg who played...

the equivalent of Meyer, not Meyer Lansky, the real whatever, I forget his name was.

But he said he was talking about when— Hyman Roth.

Hyman Roth, Hyman Roth.

And he said he had this scene with Michael Corleone where he says, he talks about Mo Green, his protege that they grew up with.

Somebody put a bullet in his eye.

And I never asked who did it because I said to myself, this is the life we've chosen.

And that's how I look at it.

It's interesting.

Yeah.

Now we're paying the price.

Yeah.

I have tried in my life various other endeavors, including love, marriage, a straight career, a blue collar career, always trying to find something that at the end of the day, I could lay my head on a pillow and have peace of mind.

And nothing worked until I found

you know, pursuing my craft.

That worked for me.

You know, I could, I could, at the end of the day, I felt, okay, I've earned my place on the planet doing this.

Whereas other things I would, at the end of the day, I would just be crazy, you know?

So I was sort of led to that.

It was like, thank God I found something, you know, that I can, you know, hang my hat on.