Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.

I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.

One thing that drives me nuts... well, let me ask you, when writers write do they not use quotation marks anymore?

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

Poverty is a great equalizer