We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?

There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.

My wife always wanted a front porch.

He's this kid growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 70's--you know the height of the troubles in Ireland, ... He discovers he's an adopted orphan and that his father is actually this parish priest, played by Liam Neeson. So it's just this crazy mad journey that he goes on to find his love.

Maybe the owner's on the front porch wondering why you are here. And we have to explain to them we got a call to their house and they don't know where it came from. It's somebody's idea of a joke. It's not funny to us.

Teenage girls read in packs. It's true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma.