All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self- effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice.

Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.

An empty man is full of himself.

A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles.

I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.

Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.