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.

..people (in Minnesota) avoid stupidity when possible, not wanting to be a $10 haircut on a 50 cent head.

... I never was one to get upset about a few scratches on a motor vehicle, it is meant to be used, not saved.

Those people on daytime TV talking about how their parents never gave them the positive feedback they needed and that's why they shot them- those are not Minnesotans.

America of the future will be all malls connected by interstates. All because your parents no longer can their own tomatoes.

I loved feeling special. I hated feeling special.

Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.