Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.

People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.

I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.

I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.