My Father Was An Exceptionally Strong Influence

Chicago My Favourite American City. I'm Very Much A Typical Midwesterner, And I Don't Think The Condition Is Curable.

It's Not A Gift Of Mine, But One Given To Me, To Be Able To Criticise Myself And Not Be Crushed, By Myself Or By Others.

I Am Inspired By The Appearance Of A Bohemian Of The New Millennium.

And May The Best Of You - For It Will Only Be The Best Of You, And Even Then Only In The Rarest And Briefest Moments - Succeed In Framing That Most Basic Of Questions, 'how Do We Live?'

Imagine How Asleep Or Utterly Unperceptive And Clueless You Would Have To Be Not To See Yourself As Absurd For The Most Part.