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

Never, never try to scope the market.

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher.

The world needed a little Evil, so Good had something to compare itself to, but you couldn't let it think it had the right-of-way on the road and an invitation to dinner.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.