Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little.

Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth.

Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.

I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant.

A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.