Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!

Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

Festina lente. Make haste slowly.

When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.