My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.
In 1984, I managed Walter Mondale's campaign for president. Mondale won the nomination after a bruising battle with Colorado Senator Gary Hart and Reverend Jesse Jackson.
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.
