"I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table."
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"I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went."
"All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children."
"There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round."
"Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever."
"Wisdom principle 105 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 18."
"Wisdom principle 100 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 15."
"Wisdom principle 95 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."
"Wisdom principle 90 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."
"Wisdom principle 85 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."
"Wisdom principle 80 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."
"Wisdom principle 74 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."
"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."
"Wisdom principle 64 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 94."
"Wisdom principle 59 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."
"Wisdom principle 54 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."
"Wisdom principle 49 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 85."
"Wisdom principle 44 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 82."
"Wisdom principle 39 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 79."
"Wisdom principle 34 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 76."