I felt bad for that world that we have given a generation of kids.

In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.

I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.

Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see, say, thirty cans of tomato sauce and a five-pound bag of rice, I get a little thrill of well-being - much more so than if I take a look at the quarterly dividend report from my mutual fund.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.