Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.

Page, Arizona, Shithead Capital of Coconino County: any town with thirteen churches and only four bars has got an incipient social problem. That town is looking for trouble.

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.

As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.