Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self- effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice.

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

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

A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.