Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

America is a very seductive place in terms of lifestyle and comfort, but it wasn't for me.

I ordered a coffee and a little something to eat and savored the warmth and dryness. Somewhere in the background Nat King Cole sang a perky tune. I watched the rain beat down on the road outside and told myself that one day this would be twenty years ago.

Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.

An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space.