A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.

A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.

You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.