Later, we realized if we don't get some supplies, we're going to starve,

We can't leave them out and leave them to starve or freeze to death,

I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said "pet supplies." So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said "compact cars."

I realized all the stories I was interested in were Southern stories, ... They are who I am and I needed to understand where we (in the South) come from and who we are.

The supplies would be here and he would tell everybody what to do.

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.