There’s nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It’s nice that they might like my books and all that…but I’m not the book, see? I’m the guy who wrote it, but I don’t want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe.
Source:Tough Guys Write Poetry by Sean Penn (September 1987); in Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters 1963-1993(Sun Dog Press, ed. 2003), Page 218
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