John Burnham Schwartz

It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.

Certain experiences you never forget, no matter how old you become.

In Japan, more than in any other country I've ever been in, one is not supposed to write about the people in the glass bubble; that is why they are in the glass bubble.

It's so funny to get a call from Dustin Hoffman because he has that great voice.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Influenced by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, McLean proudly wore the mantle of troubadour in the early 1970s, when 'American Pie' topped the Billboard charts, and has never shed the cape.