Only the half-mad are wholly alive.
In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.
I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow.
I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.