This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.

Christian theology: nothing so grotesque could possibly be true.

The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.

Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?

When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.

Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today.

All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.