I don?t know how he beats us to our classroom, because I always see him leave after we do. But when we get to our room, there he is, waiting.

Mr. and Mrs. Baker were consummate professionals who taught us a lot that we didn't get through our classroom training. Mr. Baker was a father figure to me, and he was an inspiration to a lot of graduates who went on to own their own drugstores in Florida and throughout the nation.

Faith is very important to us. Obviously, the most important thing we look for in a teacher is their classroom ability. But second on the agenda is their Christian testimony.

A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.

I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.