I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work. ↗
I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself. ↗
People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living. ↗
Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture. ↗
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. ↗