I Was A Very Sickly

I Do Not Remember Any Proper Children's Books In My Childhood. I Was Not Exposed To Them.

When I Did 'bumble-ardy,' I Was So Intensely Aware Of Death. Eugene, My Friend And Partner, Was Dying Here In The House When I Did 'bumble-ardy'. I Did 'bumble-ardy' To Save Myself. I Did Not Want To Die With Him. I Wanted To Live, As Any Human Being Does.

The Magic Of Childhood Is The Strangeness Of Childhood — The Uniqueness That Makes Us See Things That Other People Don't See.

When Mozart Is Playing In My Room, I Am In Conjunction With Something I Can't Explain... I Don't Need To. I Know That If There's A Purpose For Life, It Was For Me To Hear Mozart.

I Did Not Know How To Paint A Mural. I Did Not Know How To Prepare The Surface. There Was Nobody From The Renaissance Around Who Could Advise Me, And I Did The Best I Could.