"Nothing intimidates me when I write. I say what I think must me said."
I really loved Derrida's fearlessness of writing. To hear that he has no boundaries when writing is so amazing and so inspiring. I found it to be really interesting that when he is not writing it almost haunts him. I have had similar instances, but I guess i never really felt so fearless to write whenever i was thinking, i feel like i have only wrote what i had to for a paper. For other circumstances, of course I have written with no fears, but mostly for things that no one else would see. There are times that I may take risks to see if it comes out alright, but I am never completely fearless in my writing. A lot of the fear comes from not knowing if what i am writing or the style is going to come out alright and appropriately get my point across. Derrida makes his writing seem unstoppable as well as unbreakable. His fearlessness would never lessen and nothing can make him stop. That there is no force, no critique that could make him less fearless.
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I feel the same way when I'm writing. I usually only write what I have to for a paper, or if I do write fearlessly it's in a place that only I will see it. I like how you tied in your own personal hesitations about writing in response to Derrida's interview. It's a lot more interesting than it would have been had you just said what you agreed and disagreed with.
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