There's no substitute for loyalty.

I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage.

If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?

And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place.

The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him.

THE ALLURE OF Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic; you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills.