I'm not a Luddite completely; I believe in refrigerators to cool my martinis, and washing machines because I hate to see women smacking their laundry against a rock. When I hear about hardware, I think of pots and pans, and when I hear about software, I think of sheets and towels.

People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel

I call myself a radical conservative. What's that? Well, let's analyze it. Go to the dictionary. Radical: One who gets to the roots of things. And I'm a conservative because I want to conserve the green of the grass, the potability of drinking water, the first amendment of the Constitution and whatever sanity we have left.

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.

Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.