My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! – Thomas Jefferson
I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but its not. – Kenneth Koch
The fact that he didnt get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasnt driven by that, and wasnt dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school. – Mary Stuart Masterson
