I Never Wrote Anything That Was Published

I Think Young People Ought To Seek That Differential Experience That Is Going To Knock Them Off Dead Center. I Was A Typical American School Boy. I Happened To Get Straight A's And Be Pretty Good In Sports. But I Had No Great Vision Of What I Could Be. And I Never Had Any Yearning.

For All Its Enormous Range Of Space, Climate, And Physical Appearance, And For All The Internal Squabbles, Contentions, And Strivings, What You Northerners Never Appreciate...is That Texas Is So Big That You Can Live Your Life Within Its Limits And Never Give A Damn About What Anyone In Boston Or San Francisco Thinks.

I Was Once Asked If I'd Like To Meet The President Of A Certain Country. I Said, "no, But I'd Love To Meet Some Sheepherders." The Sheepherders, Farmers And Taxi Drivers Are Often The Most Interesting People.

A Group Of Two Dozen Nurses Completely Surrounded By 100,000 Unattached American Men.

Although Most Of Us Know Vincent Van Gogh In Arles And Paul Gauguin In Tahiti As If They Were Neighbors -- Somewhat Disreputable But Endlessly Fascinating -- None Of Us Can Name Two French Generals Or Department Store Owners Of That Period. I Take Enormous Pride In Considering Myself An Artist, One Of The Necessaries.