It's Hard To Really Compare New Love

The Notion Of The Single Man Began In The 1950's. The Idea Of The Bachelor As A Separate Life Was New And Obscure.

It's Perfectly Clear To Me That Religion Is A Myth. It's Something We Have Invented To Explain The Inexplicable. My Religion And The Spiritual Side Of My Life Come From A Sense Of Connection To The Humankind And Nature On This Planet And In The Universe. I Am In Overwhelming Awe Of It All: It Is So Fantastic, So Complex, So Beyond Comprehension. What Does It All Mean -- If It Has Any Meaning At All? But How Can It All Exist If It Doesn't Have Some Kind Of Meaning? I Think Anyone Who Suggests That They Have The Answer Is Motivated By The Need To Invent Answers, Because We Have No Such Answers.

I Was A Very Idealistic, Very Romantic Kid In A Very Typically Midwestern Methodist Repressed Home. There Was No Show Of Affection Of Any Kind, And I Escaped To Dreams And Fantasies Produced, By And Large, By The Music And The Movies Of The '30s.

The Whole 1950s Notion Was Find The Right Girl, Get Married, Move To The Suburbs And Then Hang Out With The Guys While She Stayed Home With The Babies. I Felt That Was Sort Of Sad.

I Have No Plans To Retire. It's The Perfect Combination Of Work And Play That Keeps You Young. If I Quit Work It Would Be The Beginning Of The End For Me.