If I Had To Be

Life Is Serious But Art Is Fun!

Ted Seabrooke, My Wrestling Coach, Had A Kind Of Nietzschean Effect On Me In Terms Of Not Just His Estimation Of My Limited Abilities, But His Decidedly Philosophical Stance About How To Conduct Your Life, What You Should Do To Compensate For Your Limitations. This Was Essential To Me, Both As A Student - And Not A Good One - And As A Wrestler Who Was Not A Natural Athlete But Who Had Found Something He Loved.

You Only Grow By Coming To The End Of Something And By Beginning Something Else.

If You Presume To Love Something, You Must Love The Process Of It Much More Than You Love The Finished Product.

In The World According To Garp, We Are All Terminal Cases