You Know, Most Reporters Can't

The Everyday Kindness Of The Back Roads More Than Makes Up For The Acts Of Greed In The Headlines.

The Greatest Thing You Can Do In Life Is To Tell A Young Boy Or Girl That They're 'the Very Best' At Something - Baseball, Reading, Art. That Gives Them The Wonderful Feeling That They Can Do Anything, Which They Can!

I Don't Know What Makes A Good Feature Story. I've Always Assumed That If It Was A Story That Interested Or Amused Me, That It Would Have The Same Impact On Other People.

To Read The Papers And To Listen To The News... One Would Think The Country Is In Terrible Trouble. You Do Not Get That Impression When You Travel The Back Roads And The Small Towns Do Care About Their Country And Wish It Well.

It Was So Much Fun To Have The Freedom To Wander America, With No Assignments. For 25 Or 30 Years I Never Had An Assignment. These Were All Stories I Wanted To Do Myself.