A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. less than 1 minute read
My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called ‘New Faces of 1937.’ My mom went under the name Thelma Leeds, and she did a few movies, and she was really a great singer, and when she married my dad and started to have a family, she sang at parties. less than 1 minute read
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. less than 1 minute read
My family can always tell when I’m well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. less than 1 minute read
Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more. less than 1 minute read
What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future. less than 1 minute read
It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn’t done. And I felt it, too. less than 1 minute read
