I've also gotten weird letters, suicide letters, girls threatening to jump if I don't get in touch with them. So you think, 'This is bullshit,' but then you think, 'What if it's not?' Who wants to take that chance? I write them back, tell them to hang in there, if things are that bad, they have to get better. But I'm not altogether stable myself, so who am I to give advice? (1988)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes responding to troubling fan mail with care despite personal instability, acknowledging the weight of others' lives.
- In plain terms
- He writes back to fans who threaten suicide because he cannot risk ignoring them even though he feels unstable himself.
- What can you take from it?
- Helping others during crisis is vital even if you feel vulnerable.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle others' crises?
- What boundaries protect you?
Another view
Individuals without professional training may struggle to handle crisis correspondence effectively.
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