Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There is a strategy, an overall concept, and there are tactics along the way...Tradition would say I was a 'child of Mars.' (James Hillman)

Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There is a strategy, an overall concept, and there are tactics along the way...Tradition would say I was a 'child of Mars.'

James Hillman

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