I've spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

I think the bottom line is that if you get through a childhood like mine, it's not at all bad. Obviously, you come out a pretty tough turkey, and you have had all the inoculations you need to keep you on a level keel for the rest of your life. The sad part is, most of us don't come out.

I've spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

It was the silent time before dawn, along the shores of what had been one of the most beautiful lakes in southern Africa.

I was surprised when shortly after New Year's Day of 1983, the Governor of Texas summoned me to his office, because I hadn't been aware that he knew I was in town.

Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.