The space between the young reader’s eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril.’

A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy.

There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.

Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be

If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.

Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.

I found while driving in Wyoming that wearing a stetson and driving a beat-up pickup meant you could go as fast as you like, while the police picked up Californian winnebagos that went one mph over 55. After all, they wanted to bring money into the state, not merely circulate it.