When I was a boy if a girl got pregnant the shame was placed on her and the boy could get away.

My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

If you listen carefully to what a child is saying to you, you'll see that he has a point to make. So I listen. And I answer them just as seriously as possible. And if I don't know the answer, I'll tell them I don't know.

When I decided that I wanted to go to college, I wanted to be a school teacher for 7th and 8th grade boys because I felt that was an important time for them. I had gone astray at that point in my life and really wanted to help keep them from making the same mistake I had made.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Calculus is one course you can come with to your parents and say, I am dropping it. And they'll understand.