Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.

Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.

There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.

Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.