But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

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

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Music is a savage art, a measured madness.

I'm a fastidious sort of fellow, fond of watermelon and buckbrush nuts.

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.