I Made Friends With A Lot Of

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.

I Had A Little Insight Into Life That Most Kids Probably Didn't Have. My Mother Was A Schoolteacher, And My Father Was A Social Worker. Through His Eyes I Saw The Underside Of Society.

What I Learned On The Road. Above All Else - To Love My Native Land.

There Are A Lot Of People Who Are Doing Wonderful Things, Quietly, With No Motive Of Greed, Or Hostility Toward Other People, Or Delusions Of Superiority.

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.