--- title: "1 Al Drake Quotes By Tom Bodett" description: "1 Al Drake quotes by Tom Bodett. Plus more from Tom Bodett and more Al Drake sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/tom-bodett-20459_als_professor-al-drake-encouraged-me-to-just_1751200.png" --- > [Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/professor-al-drake-encouraged-me-to-just-write-the-way-i-talk-i/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/tom-bodett-20459_als_professor-al-drake-encouraged-me-to-just_1751200.png) ## More by Tom Bodett > [Kids in Alaska don't know they're growing up on the Last Frontier. It's just what they see on the license plates, and it's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/kids-in-alaska-don-t-know-they-re-growing-up-on-the-last-frontier-it/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/did-you-ever-notice-that-nobody-you-see-on-television-looks-like/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [It's not like Alaska isn't wilderness - it mostly is. But most Alaskans don't live in the wild. They live on the edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/it-s-not-like-alaska-isn-t-wilderness-it-mostly-is-but-most-alaskans/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [What you hear is southern Michigan, not a drawl, but a halting kind of speech where you leave spaces when there shouldn't be any.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/what-you-hear-is-southern-michigan-not-a-drawl-but-a-halting-kind-of/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [My work is still very much light-hearted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/my-work-is-still-very-much-light-hearted-positive-outlook-laugh-at/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/americans-are-generally-very-self-sufficient-and-i-think-generally/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/i-m-real-i-believe-what-i-m-saying-if-motel-6-wasn-t-the-type-of/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Like most Alaska immigrants, my roots continue to petition for equal time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/like-most-alaska-immigrants-my-roots-continue-to-petition-for-equal/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/could-the-garment-and-appliance-industries-be-in-cahoots-together/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/they-say-a-person-needs-just-three-things-to-be-truly-happy-in-this/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/mine-is-not-a-story-to-tell-struggling-writers/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/the-difference-between-an-optimist-and-a-pessimist-an-optimist-laughs/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [I know how to make adults laugh pretty well. I don't know if kids think I'm that funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/i-know-how-to-make-adults-laugh-pretty-well-i-don-t-know-if-kids/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/professor-al-drake-encouraged-me-to-just-write-the-way-i-talk-i/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) > [I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bodett/i-went-to-alaska-as-a-young-man-just-looking-for-adventure-and-like/) [Tom Bodett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bodett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/al-drake/tom-bodett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Al Drake Quotes By Tom Bodett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. 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