As A Parent You Have To Do

Before I Was A Parent I Was Struck By Rilke, Who, As You Know, Didn't Go To His Daughter's Wedding Because He Was Writing A Poem That Day. That Was The Ideal For Artistic Behavior In 1950. That's The Way I Wanted To Live.

I Am Proud Only Of Those Days That Pass In Undivided Tenderness.

I Use The Phrase 'sibling Society' To Suggest A Culture Fundamentally Without Fathers, Mothers, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Or Ancestors. The Thinking Is Horizontal.

The Beginning Of Love Is A Horror Of Emptiness.

Tragedies Are About The Depths That Call Up To Certain Men And Insist That They Descend.