“I'm just afraid of having a tombstone that says HERE LIES A PROMISING OLD MAN.”
Source: Infinite Jest
“I'm not afraid of growing old. I'm not sure that I'll ever be an old man. Maybe in the chronological sense - but that's all.”
Sunday Times interview (1980s)
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