« I started writing - I began my career at the age of 20, on April 1st, 1965, when... My sister was going to Fordham University at the time, and she wrote me and asked me if I'd write her a paper. She needed a paper on two poets. And I picked Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg, and I wrote her paper, and she sent me $20. $20 in 1965 was a lot of money. »