I thought that Jung should tell me what I should do,
whether I should write a book, whether I should get
divorce, what I should do.
And he wouldn't, and so I got mad at him.
I said, why is everybody so mean to me?
And he said, why are you so mean to everybody?
So I stormed out you got what I said there
I said to him, why is everybody so mean to me?
And he said, why are you so mean to everybody?
That was the trigger point, I was gone for a year
Every now and then I'd sit down with the typewriter
and write him what a son of a bitch I thought he was.

Did you sent the letters?

Of course I did, And I thought, I hope he drops
dead of a stroke. The one morning, I woke up
and I began to laugh. I thought, for God's sake,
what has been going on here? You jackass!
And suddenly I realized, sure, he really hit it.
And so I phoned Miss Schmidt, Fraulein Schmidt,
and asked if I could have an appointment.
And she laughed and said, yes, she said, Professor
Jung told me to save some time for you.
He thought you'd be calling shortly.

Interview Mary Bancroft