I was once asked if I'd like to meet the president of a certain country. I said, "No, but I'd love to meet some sheepherders." The sheepherders, farmers and taxi drivers are often the most interesting people.

You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.

America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

Writers turn dreams into print.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my background, my lineage, my biological or cultural heritage. But when I meet someone new, I treat them with respect.... For after all, they could be my people.

No idea is ever dead until those who believe in it say it's dead.