Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
Writing is a constant exercise in longing.
Erotica is using a feather; pornograpy is using the whole chicken.
I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.
The writer of good will carries a lamp to illuminate the dark corners.
Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.