As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off

The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.