The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.

As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.

You get religion as your hair turns grey.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.

[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not."

The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.

When reality looks too ugly, fantasize.