A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very old or very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic.

Nobody got anywhere in this world by simply being content.