An Adult Friend Of Lincoln's:

Whatever It Is That You Do, If You Have That Passion And Desire For It, That's The Most Important Thing.

Where's The Progress That We're Going To See In Afghanistan? You Have To Keep Public Support Both On The Economy And The War Or These Things Will Really Become Troubling.

The One Thing That John Kennedy Did, Above All Else, Was To Energize Young People To Feel That They Wanted To Give Something To Their Country. I Just Hope, For Young People Of This Generation, That They'll Experience That Feeling Once Again, That By Working On Large Goals, They Can Do Something More Than Their Own Individual Ambition.

I Think The Most Important Advice Is, A Person Doesn't Have To Find Out Right Away. It's Not Like Their First Attempt At Finding A Profession Is The Only One They're Going To Find. I Might Well Have Gone Down Other Paths, And It Still Might Have Been Okay. But If You Find Something That You Love, And If It Keeps Deepening With Each New Experience, Then Just Stay With It.

When I Look At What A Writer Owes To The Reader, It's Critical To Know That Everything You're Writing About Is Not Made Up In Your Head. I Feel That Unless You Can Document And Be Certain About What It Is That You're Writing About, The Reader Is Going To Lose Faith In Your Own Integrity.