When This Is Over, I'm Not Going

I'm Not A Very Good Writer, But I'm An Excellent Rewriter.

I Think Young People Ought To Seek That Differential Experience That Is Going To Knock Them Off Dead Center. I Was A Typical American School Boy. I Happened To Get Straight A's And Be Pretty Good In Sports. But I Had No Great Vision Of What I Could Be. And I Never Had Any Yearning.

Public Libraries Have Been A Mainstay Of My Life. They Represent An Individual's Right To Acquire Knowledge; They Are The Sinews That Bind Civilized Societies The World Over. Without Libraries, I Would Be A Pauper, Intellectually And Spiritually.

For All Its Enormous Range Of Space, Climate, And Physical Appearance, And For All The Internal Squabbles, Contentions, And Strivings, What You Northerners Never Appreciate...is That Texas Is So Big That You Can Live Your Life Within Its Limits And Never Give A Damn About What Anyone In Boston Or San Francisco Thinks.

If A Young Aspirant Had A Modicum Of Skill And A Busy Typewriter She Or He Would Sooner Or Later Get A Foothold In One Of The Magazines And A Leaping Start On The Ladder Upward.