A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.
I think of myself... as a troubadour, a village storyteller, the guy in the shadows of the campfire.
To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.
Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.
No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.
