The trouble with seeking the keys to the creative process from the history of great men is that great men invariably wish, in their hearts, to become famous. Therefore, they conspire and collude, trample and take, reject and steal, confabulate and condemn, ignore and occlude, fawn and cavil, rage and storm, and do various other undignified acts in order to attract attention to themselves. This is how they become famous: there is no other way to become famous. No matter what our culture has told us, the truth is that these men are not great. They have neither happiness nor wisdom, only technique. A moth has technique.