I Used To Think That Driving, Sleepless,

If There Are Bleachers In Heaven And A Warm Sun, That's Where You'll Find Bill Veeck.

I Wasn't A Very Discriminating Reader. I Read Just About Everything That Came Along.

I Don't Have Any Well-developed Philosophy About Journalism. Ultimately It Is Important In A Society Like This, So People Can Know About Everything That Goes Wrong.

I Gained A Great Appreciation For What I Would Call The Collective Achievement Of The Country. I Began Thinking Of America As A Much More Just And Humane Place Than I Would Have Thought If I'd Been Covering The Civil Rights Struggle.

The Mississippi River Carries The Mud Of Thirty States And Two Provinces 2,000 Miles South To The Delta And Deposits 500 Million Tons Of It There Every Year. The Business Of The Mississippi, Which It Will Accomplish In Time, Is Methodically To Transport All Of Illinois To The Gulf Of Mexico.