I can love October in September. September doesn’t care.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.

A short-order cook, just off work, makes easy tracking for lions and worse

No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive.