The feminists have a legitimate grievance. But so does everyone else.

Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.

I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent.

A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal angst and anomie, cascades of short stories and rivers of novels obsessed with the nuances of domestic relationships - suburban hanky-panky - chic boutique shopping mall literary soap opera. When they do speak out on matters of controversy they attack not the evils of our time but fellow writers who may insist on complaining.

To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.

Tee Vee football: one team wins, one team loses -- they tie -- who cares? And why?