Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet.

Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.

On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk.

Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.

Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you want to write, write. If you can't find the makings of a story inside yourself, you won't find them anywhere.

Life is too precious to be left to chance

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.