Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

Money can't buy off the lightning.

Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do.

In the end we always wear out our worries. That’s what Wireman says.

The only religions I don't like are the ones that insist their God is bigger than your God.

The act of writing itself is done in secret, like masturbation.

I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.