The Self Is An Oral Society In

While I've Had A Great Distaste For What's Usually Called Song In Modern Poetry Or For What's Usually Called Music, I Really Don't Think Of Speech As So Far From Song.

I Learned Enough Hebrew To Stagger Through A Meaningless Ceremony That I Scarcely Remember.

Stories Are Different Every Time You Tell Them - They Allow So Many Possible Narratives.

I Can Manage A Prose Format As Long As I Keep Closer To Laurence Sterne Than To Henry James.

I Had No Idea Where These Kids At A Small Private College In The San Fernando Valley Were Coming From, Why They Were Coming To Hear Me, Or What They Needed To Know.