The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and get away with it.

Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that.

There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind of random revenge that comes with outraging the public decency.

I am a road man for the lords of karma.

In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals all rolled into one. This race attracts a very special breed.

A word to the wise is infuriating.