I Get A Kick Out Of People

History Is Not Reassuring On The Subject Of The Longevity Of Seemingly Lasting Great Nations, Is It?

All Three Of My Parents - I Also Had A Stepmother - Were Teachers, And My Dad Taught High School, And As He Always Reminded Me When I Was Going To Spend Some Money On Something, 'your Mother And I, In The Depression, Had To Decide Whether To Spend A Dime On A Loaf Of Bread Or If We Could Go To A Movie With It.'

The Trick To Writing For People Is, You Have To Be Able To Turn Them On In Your Head. And Know How They'd Word Something Or How They'd Inflect It.

Japanese Is Sort Of A Hobby Of Mine, And I Can Get Around Japan With Ease.

I Think We Live In An Age Of Increasing Mediocrity.