It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em. No... you had the right answer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons. Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it. Hotheadedness isn’t.

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.