To Be Human Is To Be In

My First Job Was Working In A Dress Shop In Los Angeles In 1940, For $7 A Week.

I Don't Like To Listen To Music While I'm Working.

Labels Not Only Free Us From The Obligation To Think Creatively; They Numb Our Sensibilities, Our Power To Feel. During The Vietnam War, The Phrase Body Count Entered Our Vocabulary. It Is An Ambiguous Phrase, Inorganic, Even Faintly Sporty. It Distanced Us From The Painful Reality Of Corpses, Of Dead, Mutilated People.

The Truth Came Slowly Like A Story Told By People Interrupting Each Other.

In My Early Twenties, That's When I Really Began To Write. Before That, I Was Too Busy Working, Keeping Myself Going.