The dog's life is a good life, for a dog.

When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.

Jane Austen: Getting into her books is like getting in bed with a cadaver. Something vital is lacking; namely, life.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers.

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

Writing on the wall: Will trade three blind crabs for two with no teeth.