Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.

I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.

God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.

Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events.

Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.