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It certainly is a positive thing… having a trademark. ”
Success can create more madness than happiness. ”
I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms. ”
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure. ”
Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it. ”
I'm proud that I have done so many different kinds of things and maintained an amazing family. And I think that's the joy: that I've been able to have everything. ”
Believe me, happiness is not ticking off Walter Cronkite. ”
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular. ”
Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of this?' And that dulls us to the other pleasures poetry offers. ”
I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes. ”