Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.
Garrison KeillorIt was a pleasure to have somebody else be the boss. It wouldn't have been nearly as much fun any other way. He's been around and made a lot of movies and he's a great straightforward person to work for. And it was a pleasure to see other people to pick up characters that you've sketched out loosely on paper and make them into something fascinating.
Garrison KeillorFace it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.
Garrison KeillorWhere I come from, when a Catholic marries a Lutheran it is considered the first step on the road to Minneapolis.
Garrison KeillorAdolescence hits boys harder than it does girls. Girls bleed a little and their breasts pop out, big deal, but adolescence lands on a guy with both feet. . . . Your body is engulfed by chemicals of rage and despair, you pound, you shriek, you batter your head against the trees. You come away wounded, feeling that life is unknowable, can never be understood, only endured and sometimes cheated.
Garrison Keillor