I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.

I think a lot of parents are afraid to express certain emotions about children who are different, because they think that it's wrong to feel chained sometimes, to feel anger, to say to yourself, "I never wanted this." I think it's natural.

I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page.

But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.

I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.

Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.

If you leave your wife and you don't ever contact her again, that says something about how you felt about the marriage.