He passed it onto his sister who is my wife and now it's in my house.

He passed it onto his sister who is my wife and now it's in my house.

So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and read more

So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and read more

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and why he'd died. It was my ego asserting itself: I was there, we were good friends.

We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation.

We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation.

He wasn't leaving a lot of stuff over the plate.

He wasn't leaving a lot of stuff over the plate.

When something is the right thing for you to dosome will call your action 'courage.'There is a good possibility you read more

When something is the right thing for you to dosome will call your action 'courage.'There is a good possibility you will likely call it'being myself.'

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

I think they have some very difficult challenges over the next three years. The silver lining is if they continue read more

I think they have some very difficult challenges over the next three years. The silver lining is if they continue to reduce costs and strive for flexible manufacturing, they can see a return to profits even without the sales levels of 2000. But the Asian brands and European brands aren't sitting still either.

[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair read more

[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair and it caused an under-the-nail blood blister. The injury occurred in the post-Photoshop era, but even so, the resulting lag in work could have cost him trusted clients.] I thought Photoshop was the end of my career, ... I thought they'd be able to get any ol' pair of hands in there. But what most people don't realize is there's a brain that comes connected to these hands. You need to know the tricks of the trade. It's just like fashion modeling: You can get a pretty woman to put on an outfit, but once you send her down the runway, does she know what to do?