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 the wild in towns with schools and cable TV and stores and dentists and roller rinks… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told by the only man who could tell it. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know? — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
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.… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Like most Alaska immigrants, my roots continue to petition for equal time. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Could the garment and appliance industries be in cahoots together, creating an artificial sock demand to keep us buying? — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to… — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
