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As A Child, I Felt That Books Were Holy Objects, To Be Caressed, Rapturously Sniffed, And Devotedly Provided For. I Gave My Life To Them. I Still Do. I Continue To Do What I Did As A Child; Dream Of Books, Make Books And Collect Books.

We're Animals. We're Violent. We're Criminal. We're Not So Far Away From The Gorillas And The Apes, Those Beautiful Creatures.

One Of The Few Graces Of Getting Old - And God Knows There Are Few Graces - Is That If You've Worked Hard And Kept Your Nose To The Grindstone, Something Happens: The Body Gets Old But The Creative Mechanism Is Refreshed, Smoothed And Oiled And Honed. That Is The Grace. That Is What's Happening To Me.

A Whole New World Of Italian Music Was Springing Up, And [giuseppe] Verdi Was Seen As Old. Boito Got Verdi All Excited About The Possibility Of Doing Another Opera, Another Kind Of Opera. In Fact, Verdi Composed His Two Best Operas, Otello And Falstaff, In His Eighties.

Life Has Only Gotten Better Personally For Me As I've Gotten Older. I Mean, Being Young Was Such A Gross Waste Of Time. I Was Just Such A Miserable, Miserable Person.