Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.

It is not easy to compete when you have LD, but it is possible.

When you love what you do, then you're talking to one of the luckiest guys on the face of the earth.

The Queen of England gave me the honor of the Order of the British Empire for working with children.

That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many.

Music takes us where words cannot.

Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing our 34th novel.