In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.