By Birth And Upbringing, I Think I'm

In 1970, Americans Spent About $6 Billion On Fast Food; In 2000, They Spent More Than $110 Billion. Americans Now Spend More Money On Fast Food Than On Higher Education, Personal Computers, Computer Software, Or New Cars. They Spend More On Fast Food Than On Movies, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Videos, And Recorded Music—combined.

We're All Connected By The System, And We All Have To Be A Part, I Think, Of Changing It.

I Find That One Of The Most Important Things, As A Writer, Is To Just Show Up - To Just Stay In The Chair And Fight Through The Difficult Patches. As Long As You're At The Desk, And You're Willing To Fight It Out, Eventually The Right Words Will Come.

I Think Two Different People Can Read One Of My Books And Come Away With Completely Different Opinions On The Subject. I Hope They Just Read From The Beginning To The End And Be Made To Think About The Subject. Then They Can Come To Their Own Conclusions.

A Generation Ago, Three-quarters Of The Money Used To Buy Food In The United States Was Spent To Prepare Meals At Home. Today About Half Of The Money Used To Buy Food Is Spent At Restaurants--mainly At Fast Food Restaurants.