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"He always said he didn't write for posterity.

He said he wasn't interested in what future generations thought of him.

He was a person of the present who cared deeply what his peers thought, who needed success and respect, who reveled in his hits and mourned his failures, and who never talked about what the public's opinion of him might be after he was gone.

He didn't care.

But I care, along with my brother and sisters and stepmother and the rest of what's left of our family.

We all care about his reputation and his fame...We're all very proud and pleased to see this renaissance."

- Susan Loesser, from A Most Remarkable Fella