I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had a lot of hard work ahead of me.
Source: Interviewed on his 86th birthday, in NY Times, 6 Jan 64
-- Carl Sandburg, (Jan 6 1878-1967), US poet, biographer; He is remembered for his vigorous free verse in The People, Yes, 1936 and his biography of Lincoln.