An artist is his own fault.

We get together and encourage each other. We compare ideas and show off our stuff.

Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?

Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.

It gets you away from everything. Once you start doing a piece, you get into it and you become a part of it. It's a great release.

So who's perfect? Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.

It will have a far-reaching impact on protecting the health and lives of thousands of Prince George's County residents.

I wasn't ready to go out to pasture. I didn't have a worldwide travel agenda and I didn't want to work on the world's greatest novel ... I wanted to stay busy, but not in the pressure cooker. This is a perfect transition.

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