The Measure Of Our Success Will Be

What Really Matters Is The Work. And What Matters To Me Is Doing The Work. I'm Not Looking At The Back End: "what Am I Going To Get Out Of This? What's Going To Be The Reward?" I'm Just Looking At The Work, The Pleasure Of Being Able To Do The Work. And That's What The Fun Is: To Climb Up The Mountain Is The Fun, Not Standing At The Top. There's Nowhere To Go. But Climbing Up, That Struggle, That To Me Is Where The Fun Is. That To Me Is The Thrill. But Once That's Over, That's Kind Of It. I Don't Look Too Much Beyond That.

Storytelling Was A Way To See The World Bigger Than The One You Were Looking At, And That Had Great Appeal For Me. I Think Since That Was Part Of My Upbringing, It Became Part Of Me, And I Wanted To Pass It Along To My Kids And My Grandkids.

That's Another Thing That's Depressing: Certain Attitudes In Congress. They Assume That You're Dumb; They Can Take Advantage Of You Being Dumb. I Find That Offensive. It Insults Our Intelligence. They're Playing Us For Dumb And They're Being Dumb In Doing It. But I Believe That's Gonna Change. I Think Those People, The Mcconnells, Are Not Helping Us At All. They're Taking Us Backward In Time.

Not Taking A Risk Is A Risk. That's How I See It.

I Can't Think Of Anything Outside Of Having The Gift Yourself And Creating Yourself. I Can't Think Of The Next Better Thing To Do Than Being Able To Put It Back. Creative Expression, I Think, Is Vital To The Success Of Any Society.... A Society Without Art Will Die.