I believe in nothing that I cannot touch, kiss, embrace.... The rest is only hearsay.

It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other.

King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on the Matter of Arthur, from Malory to White, only Mark Twain understood this. But Mark Twain was a great writer.

The ideal kitchen-sink novel: Throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Then add the kitchen sink.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us-if only we were worthy of it.

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.