I want saner gun laws. I think all these automatic weapons should be banned, big clips and handguns should be banned. As far as I'm concerned, shotguns and hunting weapons are all that we should allow in America.

It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it. You can be in the company of others.

There are more people in America that love guns and want guns for themselves and everyone else than there are not. It is also true that liberals who don't want guns are puny by and large. They're not risking anything, all they're doing is saying they don't like something. Liberals are quick to say this should happen and this should not happen, but they don't do anything about it much.

Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle.

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being

Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.