I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.

I actually like football a great deal.

I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.

Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what would have passes as a standing ovation in Philly.

If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.

I'm really not interested in other people's opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts.

But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.

Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong.

If you leave your wife and you don't ever contact her again, that says something about how you felt about the marriage.

I think a lot of parents are afraid to express certain emotions about children who are different, because they think that it's wrong to feel chained sometimes, to feel anger, to say to yourself, I never wanted this. I think it's natural.

Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.

I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page.

I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.

Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.