Your Dreams Are Always Going To Seem

When I Hear Young People Today Complain About Being Bored - And The Things That Keep Them From Being Bored Are Generally Exclusively Videogames And/or Computer Pastimes - I Just Try To Encourage Them To Go Outside.

Love One Another, Make Something With Your Hands, And Exalt The Farmer.

My Wife, The Actress Megan Mullally, Was An English Major At Northwestern University And Loves Fiction. Like So Many Things In My Life, She Curates Things For Me. For Example, I Have The Daunting Prospect Of Donna Tartt's "the Goldfinch" Waiting For Me When I Get Through My Current Reading Pile.

My Family Has Schoolteachers And Librarians, And I Think People Who Teach Are Probably Some Of Our Greatest American Heroes. Certainly, Underpaid And Unsung.

Turn Off Your Computer And Go Out Of Doors. Dig A Large Enough Hole To Transplant A Mature Apple Tree. Nurture The Tree, Feed It, Coddle It So That Its Fruit Will Be Ample, Bright And Firm. Practice Open-hand Strikes Against The Rough Bark Of The Trunk Until It's Time To Harvest. Choose The Champion Of Your Apple Crop, Pluck It From The Tree, And Beat Yourself About The Face And Tits With It Until Your Mettle Will Suffice.