I guess that's one of the things about growing up in the fifties - it never occurred to me that you wouldn't be at least as successful as your parents.

There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.

Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.

One of my concerns for my children is growing up with your parents having a lot of money.