Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.

Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*.

I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature.

But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information.

Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions.