I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

I've learned... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.

One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.

Don't you hate it when...your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.