“The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous sto...” — Gregory Benford Quote

“The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast - Mississippi, Alabama and so on.”

“We hope we can slow or possibly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's.”

“It really helps if you know your subject matter immediately. I find that enormously useful because then you can concentrate on all the usual novelistic things - the character, the plot and so forth - and you don't have to spend an enormous amount of time learning another trade, essentially.”

“Alabama needs a comprehensive approach of collaboration that improves education from Pre-K to the workforce.”

“I grew up in a rural area. I grew up in deep southern middle Tennessee, probably about thirty miles from the Alabama border. There's nothing there, really. And the TV was my link to the outside world. It's what kept me from going into factory employment. It's what made me want to go to college. It was really inspiring.”

“I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.”