We saw the level of attention it was getting (nationally) and knew the different extremes that were out there, and felt that we needed to find a balance.

We're not trying to scare anyone. We just want to refocus our attention. ... We've been so fixated on what's going on in the Gulf Coast and in Houston, but we don't want people not to be prepared here.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

I'm fifty-six and still a Virgo

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.