The Imagination Is Always The Best Torturer.

You've Got To Be Quick On Your Feet In This World If You Want To Survive. Though Once You Know The Rules, It Is Not Too Hard To Play The Game.

I Was Born Illegitimately And Almost Immediately, As I Understand It, Placed In An Orphanage. So My Very Earliest Memories Were In An Orphanage. It Was The Tag End Of The Great Depression When I Was Born. People Were Desperately Poor.

Inside All People There Is Love, Also The Need To Take Care Of The Other Man Who Is His Brother. Inside Everyone Is A Savage, But There Is Also Happening Tenderness And Compassion.

Let Me Conclude By Saying In My Experience The Glittering Prizes In Life Come More To Those Who Persevere Despite Setback And Disappointment Than They Do To The Exceptionally Gifted Who, With The Confidence Of The Talents Bestowed Upon Them, Often Pursue The Tasks Leading To Success With Less Determination.

Sometimes The Slightest Things Change The Directions Of Our Lives, The Merest Breath Of A Circumstance, A Random Moment That Connects Like A Meteorite Striking The Earth. Lives Have Swiveled And Changed Direction On The Strength Of A Chance Remark.