What I Still Ask For

The Older I've Got The Less I Find Myself Going Back And Re-reading Or Really Reading New Fiction Or Poetry.

Southerners Ask Intimate Questions In The Way Monkeys Groom Each Other For Lice, Not To Pry But To Make You Feel Cared For.

The Sound Of Story Is The Dominant Sound Of Our Lives.

Cities Are The Least Permanent Things In Our Civilization.

The Death Of Every Art Form Seems Imminent At Least Once In Every Century; But While The Very Funeral Arrangements Go Forward, Some Child Is Born Who Is Michelangelo, Picasso, Yeats.