There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.