The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.

A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.

I looked over at her; if women knew how good they looked in the dash light of oversized pickup trucks, they'd never get out of them.

Temptation out of reach does you no good.

I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.

Revolution is the industry of young men.

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.