As Citizens We Have To Be More

As Citizens We Have To Be More Thoughtful And More Educated And More Informed. I Turn On The Tv And I See These Grown People Screaming At Each Other, And I Think, Well, If We Don't Get Our Civility Back, We're In Trouble.

I Love Chicago, But I Didn't Think I Had Enough Soul To Be A Cubs Fan.

I'm Very Influenced By Landscapes, Not So Much The Way Places Look As The Way The Names Sound. In This Country We've Got So Many Cultures, And The Place Names - The Spanish Names And The Indian Names, Which Are So Incredibly Musical.

It Takes A Certain Amount Of Courage To Let The Field Lie Fallow Until You Have Something To Say.

You Meet A Lot Of People And Have A Lot Of Experiences, And They Color You And Stay With You - But I'm Not The Grieving Widow. Life Is Much More Complicated And Interesting And Full Of Zigs And Zags Than That.