One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.

Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement—mating season.

Is it possible to grow wiser without knowing it? One hopes so. We all hope so.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

When riding my old Harley a ninety per at midnight down the Via Roma in Naples, I kept one consolation firmly in mind: If anything goes wrong, I'll never have time to regret it.

A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak.