The older we get the less afraid we are.

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.