Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

Narrow-minded provincialism: Sad to say but true - I am more interested in the mountain lions of Utah, the wild pigs of Arizona, than I am in the fate of all the Arabs of Araby, all the Wogs of Hindustan, all the Ethiopes of Abyssinia.

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written.