Askur — 14 years ago(September 25, 2011 10:13 AM)

Robert Crumb is telling about his first meeting with Mark Twain:
"When I was 15, I read What Is Man? and it made a profound impression on me. It changed my life. Its all about predestination versus freewill. He was a big believer in predestination. He didnt think we had any free will. And he puts down religion and everything. I was, at that time, still a Catholic believer when I read that. My brother Charles and I found that book on the floor in an abandoned house along with some other moldy books. So I took it home and read it. Afterward, I told my aunt about it. She was a strong Catholic the whole family was Catholic no one ever questioned anything. So I told my aunt about it and she said, 'Oh, can I read that? That sounds interesting.' So I lent it to her and about a week later she was over at our house and she said, 'You know that book you lent me? I burned it.' So thats my experience with Mark Twain."