My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12 he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry in painting and in music.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.