Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.

Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.

I've always taken my hangovers as consequence, not as a punishment.

A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.

The utter insanity of living in a place like this doesn't occur to the 9,000,000 people who inhabit New York. Except for visits I think I shall not be here any more as a resident.

The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil.

One man was so mad at me that he ended his letter, "Beware. You will never get out of this world alive."