I Think Situations Are More Important Than

What I Said About John Was That He Liberated Me From My Anxieties About Writing In A Correct, Acceptable Way.

It’s True, I Had An Extremely Delicious Life, But That Was My Life At Home, And Perhaps Because I Was Only A Child, Or For Whatever Reasons, I Found The Company Of Others, Especially Other Boys, Quite Terrifying And Upsetting.

I Graduated In 1952 And Went To Europe, With Niki And Our First Child Laura, Who Was Then A Year Old.

I Also Had This Mistaken Dream, Fantasy Really - Perhaps Because I'm Good At Languages - Of Being Able In Both Italy And France To Become Someone Else Through My Fluency In The Language.

I Was Stationed In Norfolk, Virginia, For A While, About Which The Less Said The Better, And Then I Was In The Mediterranean, About Which The More Said The Better.