If You Actually Want To

The World, Somebody Wrote, Is The Place We Prove Real By Dying In It.

I Learned: The First Lesson Of My Life: Nobody Can Face The World With His Eyes Open All The Time.

Don't You Know Girls Have To Fool People Every Day Of Their Lives If They Want To Get Anywhere?

I Was 21 In 1968, So I'm As Much A Child Of The '60s As Is Possible To Be. In Those Years The Subject Of Religion Had Really Almost Disappeared; The Idea That Religion Was Going To Be A Major Force In The Life Of Our Societies, In The West Anyway, Would Have Seemed Absurd In 1968.

I Didn't Want To Become Some Embittered Old Hack Getting His Revenge For The Rest Of My Life. And I Didn't Want To Become Some Scared Creature Cowering In A Corner. I Remember Telling Myself Not To Carry The Hatred Around, Although I Know Where It Is. I Have It In A Trunk In Storage.