I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.

As I approach the end of my life, I have even less and less interest in examining what have got to be very superficial evaluations or opinions about the significance of one's life or one's work. I was never given to it when I was healthy, and I am less given to it now.

What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not.

If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.