I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

It is the best part of the night. The classic interactive lines are 'Where are you from? What do you do for a living?' I almost always get something interesting.

I'm thankful that my memory is good because my vision is going.

I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.