I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.

Have you noticed that the people who actually make the laws, the people in power, never make laws for themselves?

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic.

If a man is to be a man, a free spirit unto himself, he must arm himself not only with weapons but with ideals and concepts he is willing to die for.

There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you.

Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak.

Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats?

A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.

On the Death of his ChildDew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

I wonder who else in the world was having such an exquisite dawn.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are but you must approach each man by the right door.

I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.

I'm married to the person I fell in love with.

Here's how to determine God's will for your life: Go wherever your gifts will be exploited the most.

In the tranquillity of a garden, we detest the war and love the peace much more than any other places!

Ever heard of the word please?" "Never.

This world is like Noah's Ark. In which few men but many beasts embark.

I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want to be as much on the edge as I can.