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Dear Vance,<ref>Mailer’s letter to Vance Bourjaily, The novelist Vance Bourjaily (1924-) met Mailer in New York in 1951 and introduced him to several writers. Theodor Reik (1888-1976), the American psychologist, was an early and brilliant acolyte of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939.</ref>
Dear Vance,<ref>{{NM}}’s letter to [[w:Vance Bourjaily|Vance Bourjaily]], The novelist Vance Bourjaily (1924-) met Mailer in New York in 1951 and introduced him to several writers. Theodor Reik (1888-1976), the American psychologist, was an early and brilliant acolyte of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939.</ref>


The serial business is excellent for straightening out one’s life, since there’s no time to do anything but work. Years ago, Theodor Reik was being analyzed by [Sigmund] Freud, and as a talented young man he was naturally interested not only in being a superb analyst but a musician, a writer, a lover, a boulevardier, a vigilante, even a mad genius. Freud listened and got angrier and angrier. Finally he said, “Reik, you want to be a big man? Piss in one spot.” So that is what the serial business puts you up to.
The serial business is excellent for straightening out one’s life, since there’s no time to do anything but work. Years ago, Theodor Reik was being analyzed by [Sigmund] Freud, and as a talented young man he was naturally interested not only in being a superb analyst but a musician, a writer, a lover, a boulevardier, a vigilante, even a mad genius. Freud listened and got angrier and angrier. Finally he said, “Reik, you want to be a big man? Piss in one spot.” So that is what the serial business puts you up to.
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