When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to deceive me, pretending-- as do many people I've discovered--to be what he is not. No one I've ever known is what he appears to be on the surface.

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan

When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to deceive me, pretending-- as do many people I've discovered--to be what he is not. No one I've ever known is what he appears to be on the surface.

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.

I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication. Another case of men devoting their lives to studying more and more about less and less - filling volumes and libraries with the subtle linguistic analysis of the grunt.

Because I want to see. I've got to know what's going to happen while I'm still enough in control to be able to do something about it.

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan