I Think Situations Are More Important Than

I Left Princeton, But I Graduated Harvard, In 1952.

And Then, When I Left Princeton In The Middle Of My Sophomore Year, I Went Into The Navy.

There Are Many Things I’ve Written That I Didn’t Really Understand Until A Long Time Later.

I Graduated In 1952 And Went To Europe, With Niki And Our First Child Laura, Who Was Then A Year Old.

Translation Is The Paradigm, The Exemplar Of All Writing.... It Is Translation That Demonstrates Most Vividly The Yearning For Transformation That Underlies Every Act Involving Speech, That Supremely Human Gift.