"Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for." "Anything worth living for," said Nately, "is worth dying for." "And anything worth dying for," answered the sacrilegious old man, "is certainly worth living for."

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?

The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it.

The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.

I'm gonna live forever, or die trying.