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There Are Books That I Read Years Ago That Enlivened Things In Me That Haven't Died Yet.

You Can Say You're A Liberal And Everybody Laughs And It's A Good Time.

The Idea Is That What An Artist Lives Through Should Broaden His Notion Of What It Is Possible For A Human Being To Live Through, And That New Understanding Should Then Get Into And Expand The Work.

Whether You're Eighteen Or Sixty, In A Certain Way, Whatever You Know Is Valid.

I Know This Will Sound Naïve, But I Often Wonder What America Would Be Like If Our National Ethos Was Simply To Minimize Suffering. Period. To Try, Every Day, To Convert Our Wonderful Wealth And National Energy Into The Cessation Of Suffering Wherever We Find It. Imagine If That Was Our National Mindset. Well, We Can-we Must-dream.