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I think being true
to who you are is important.

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I'm not saying you need to
be psychoanalytical
about the whole mess.

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But don't be afraid.
Yeah, I...
but don't be afraid.

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I had... I had lunch
with Jimmy Baldwin
the other day.

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How is he?

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He's a lovely man.

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And he told me
the plot of his new book.

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And he said to me,
"but I just want to make sure

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it's not one of those
problem novels."

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And I said, "Jimmy,

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"your novel's about
a negro¹ homosexual
who's in love with a Jew.

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[All laughing]

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Well, wouldn't you call that
a problem?"

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And he... and he looked at
and he laughed
because he knew I was right.

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I'm saying, you know,
if you're gonna write
something like that,

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at least be honest
why you're writing it.

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Can't we just be honest?

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Well, I don't think
you actually
need to be honest.

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But don't come asking
some white man from the south

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whether your book
about a black man
fucking some Jew,