I was dyslexic as a child and it took me years to get passed that. I read a lot but it was hard and that didn't go away until my early-to-mid-twenties. So really what I was looking at were the photographs and the illustrations in magazines.
Robert BentonIn America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.
Robert BentonNew York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.
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