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Happy Birthday, William Styron: The Beloved Writer on Happiness, Presence, and the True Measure of Maturity, in a Letter to His Father
“I’ll always hate the stupid and the bat-brained and the petty. But it doesn’t seem nearly so important anymore to hate, as try to understand.”
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