That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed Seymour couldn't figure this out for the life of them! Reed was ashamed of radio. ...radio was a cinch if you kept reaching down and grabbing up handfuls of the ordinary.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.

A child can educate just about anybody.

A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make a life with and write more than a line about, you write a whole book.

Bad things don't happen to writers; it's all material.

Not everyone has a Life's Work. Some people simply have a Life.