"It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals."

"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines."

"I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society."

"You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"You may delay, but time will not."

"The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."