Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke that I was not happy.

Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn't.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

I decided to stop drinking with creeps. I decided to drink only with friends. I've lost 30 pounds.