“I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside fro...” — George Murray Quote

I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution.

My self-editing process is intense.

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.

The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.

Fortunately, I can put things aside. I don't get stuck in the negative.

Music was something I had put aside to make movies. Somehow I earlier felt there was only so much creative energy allotted to your life and only that much time to pursue your creativity. But I was wrong.

So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.

I am able to put aside personal beliefs and follow the law, even when I strongly disagree with it.

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.