I wish you luck, he said. I was going to say it’ll be a new world for you, but the world is always new. Something is always coming or going. When I was your age, I loved the idea that artists strive to make things new. But as I’ve grown, Alfred, the thing I want is for things to stay the same, at least till we’ve had time to see them for what they are. It’s only with that kind of perspective that you can act for good in the world.
