I Would Infinitely Prefer A Daughter.

I Thought That If I Were Going Into Old Age I Would Want To Do What [giuseppe] Verdi Did, Which Is To Write Extraordinary Things, And To Really Find Myself.

You Know Who My Gods Are, Who I Believe In Fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - She's Probably The Top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These Are Wonderful Gods Who Have Gotten Me Through The Narrow Straits Of Life.

Oh, I Adored Mickey Mouse When I Was A Child. He Was The Emblem Of Happiness And Funniness. You Went To The Movies Then, You Saw Two Movies And A Short. When Mickey Mouse Came On The Screen And There Was His Big Head, My Sister Said She Had To Hold Onto Me. I Went Berserk.

The Day After Paul Newman Was Dead, He Was Twice As Dead.

I Never Can Satisfy Some Need In Me To Achieve Something Of Incredible Hight. For My Sake. It Puzzles Me Deeply. And It Sours My Life. So There Is A Permanent Dissatisfaction.