In the modern world, all literary art is necessarily political -- especially that which pretends not to be.

What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.

Reply to Plato: I seen horses I seen cows I haint never yet seen horsiness nor that there bovinity neither.

To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.

Those who dream of the joys of living in a space colony should live in a space colony.

One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.