When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: September 14, 1917 Death: December 8, 1986 |
I don't hate children. My wife and I just didn't think we would be good parents, and also by the time we got married in 1968, we were pretty nose-down toward what we wanted to do, and having a child was going to be an excuse to fail.

