<DIV>"I saw the word Solipsist while reading the dictionary in 1993. I was living<BR>in NYC at the time and the word defined how the city made me feel. I worked<BR>on this book in several cities all over the world until 1996. The writing is<BR>obsessive and claustrophobic. To be solipsistic is to totally realize the ego<BR>and the nightmare of utter self-possession. I went for it and it swallowed me<BR>whole." --Henry Rollins</div>