Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up.

I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this fair, and make it something larger than life.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

A good friend is a person who thinks you're one of the good eggs, even if he knows you're a little cracked.

Ralph Stanley is like an uncle to us and now that all my uncles are gone, Ralph's singing is even more precious. This album of classic folk songs is one of his best.