He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world.
Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.
The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.
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