The Things You Own End Up Owning

When I Was A Little Kid We Moved To Tulsa, Then To St. Louis And, By The Time I Was In Kindergarten, We Lived In Springfield, Missouri. There I Basically Grew Up.

My Father Came From A Very Poor Background, But I Was Very Fortunate In The Sense That We Were Never In Need. My Dad Was Determined To Make Sure That We Didn't Want For Things. He Wanted To Give Us More Opportunity Than He Had, A Better Shot At A Better Life.

What Occurred To Me On [‘the Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’], And Also With The Passing Of Her Mother, Is That There's Going To Come A Time When I'm Not Going To Get To Be With This Person Anymore. I'm Not Going To Get To Be With My Children Anymore. Or Friends, People I Love And Respect. And So, If We Have A Flare-up, It Evaporates Now. I Don't Want To Waste Time Being Angry At Someone I Love.

In Missouri, Where I Come From, We Don't Talk About What We Do - We Just Do It. If We Talk About It, It's Seen As Bragging.

Stop Being Perfect, Because Obsessing Over Being Perfect Stops You From Growing.