Erotic love is one of the highest forms of contemplation.
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
As Aristotle said, you have to be an aristocrat or a reactionary to write a good proletarian poem.
Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well?
You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.
The free, creative, loving people who shine so brightly in my memory of studios and coffee shops have become models for a huge section of the population. If they in turn can just stay alive in the face of power and terror, they may become the decisive section.