I have had enough of an interesting life to not embellish it in any way.
I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.
When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish.
I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.
'M Train' will take you in and out of dreamscapes and reality and remembrances with prose so spare and matter-of-fact that it delivers a much bigger emotional punch. Patti Smith doesn't need to embellish; she just tells her stories... and her stories are incredible.
