In The America I See From Here,

The Difference Between An Optimist And A Pessimist? An Optimist Laughs To Forget, But A Pessimist Forgets To Laugh.

That's What The American Odyssey Is Really About: Leaving Home. Leaving Home And Coming Home, And Trying To Understand The Difference.

I'm Not An Impersonator. I've Only Got One Voice And Only Do One Guy And His First-person Essays.

Americans Are Generally Very Self-sufficient And I Think Generally Averse To Pretension, Just As I Am.

For Some People, You Know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, Really The Stars, They've Got A Passion. They Eat, Drink And Breathe Radio, And I'm Not Like That. I Used To Think I Wanted To Be. But I Need To Be Away From It, Too, And That's The Difference, I Think.