Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who'll get one.

The canary bird in the coal mine theory of the arts: artists should be treasured as alarm systems.

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

A committee of three can accomplish much if two don't show up.

Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled.

I used my daughter's crayons for each main character. One end of the wallpaper was the beginning of the story, and the other end was the end, and then there was all that middle part, which was the middle.

Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.