You know, most reporters can't go back to the towns they wrote stories about. I never wrote that kind of story.

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

I'm not knocking the wholesale grocery business or any other, but there is a kind of romance in journalism which some people, the lucky ones, feel inside them all their lives.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

You know, most reporters can't go back to the towns they wrote stories about. I never wrote that kind of story.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.