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Originally posted by AppleOnYa:
I don't think that was a lie, either. When he told that to Kay I think he truly believed that he could gradually turn the Family legitimate.
Incredible but true, I agree with you, Apple! smile I also think Michael at a certain time in his life truly thought he could manage things in order to legitimate. It was possibly a lie to himself, or just an aspiration, a dream that could come true. But then once again his fate came over and pushed him where he had to go. Deeper and deeper into the darkness of crimes and faults.

I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)