Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children. Mark Helprin americabuildchild share on social
The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable. Mark Helprin anarchybeatbeing share on social
Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future. Mark Helprin cavalierchildfuture Change image and share on social
I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness. Mark Helprin claimconfessexperience share on social
Not born to be rich, by 1981 I had nonetheless begun to use a PC that required for its operation the absorption of several hundred pages of protocols and the placement of very large floppy disks in the freezer to fix frequent crashes. Mark Helprin absorptionbearbegin share on social
I have jumped out of airplanes but I was not technically a paratrooper. I was an infantryman and a night fighter, anti-terrorist. Mark Helprin airplaneantifighter Change image and share on social
If it wasn't for music, I would think that love is mortal. Mark Helprin lovemortalmusic Change image and share on social
The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes. Mark Helprin eyefightgreat Change image and share on social
Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done. Mark Helprin aimhezbollahisrael Change image and share on social
I have been fighting over commas all my life. Mark Helprin commafightlife Change image and share on social