Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all. We never did figure out who won that war.

There's nothing so obscene and depressing as an American Christmas.

Though I've lived in the rural West most of my life, I never once fell in love with a horse. Not once. Neither end.

There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.

The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.

All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.