No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.

If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about something that took place west of the Mississippi, it's a 'Western'- and somehow regarded as a lesser work. I write historical novels about the frontier.

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.

To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.

When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.