My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.

Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

South Carolina is not a state; it is a cult.

I stood face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before me.

Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.

The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.