The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.

Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.

I would prefer to write about everything; what else is there? But one must be selective.

A woman, as much as a man, is responsible by the age of forty for the character of her face. But women, obeying the biological imperative, strive harder to preserve a youthful appearance (the reproductive look) and lose it sooner.

There is no trajectory so pathetic as that of an artist in decline.

When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.

A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a pair of army surplus combat boots may enter.