I'm Haunted By The Thought Of What

The Best Scientists And Explorers Have The Attributes Of Kids! They Ask Question And Have A Sense Of Wonder. They Have Curiosity. 'who, What, Where, Why, When, And How!' They Never Stop Asking Questions, And I Never Stop Asking Questions, Just Like A Five Year Old.

People I Know Who Succeed Don't Mind Working. Those Who Are Competent Seem To Like Doing Things Well -- Not Stopping Because They Haven't Accomplished What They Wanted To On The First Go-round. They're Willing To Do It Twenty Times, If Necessary. There's An Illusion That The Good People Can Easily Do Something, And It's Not Necessarily True. They're Just Determined To Do It Right. I Was Impressed By Hearing One Of The Women At Radcliffe Talk About Writing A Poem, How Many Revisions A Single Poem Sometimes Has To Go Through -- Fifty Or Sixty Revisions To Come Out With A Poem Sixteen Lines Long.

My Parents Moved To Florida When I Was 12, And My Backyard Was The Gulf Of Mexico.

Our Past, Our Present, And Whatever Remains Of Our Future, Absolutely Depend On What We Do Now.

I Want To Get Out In The Water. I Want To See Fish, Real Fish, Not Fish In A Laboratory.