On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy!

If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.

I wouldn't necessarily consider myself the typical sci-fi genre fan. I do have a lot of sci-fi shows that I enjoy, but I wouldn't call it my favorite genre of all.

And then there's my Grandson: He's certainly got the music together, there's just no question about it.

Oh I do want that thing, that oneness of movement that will catch the thing up into one movement and sing - harmony of life.

I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.

First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me.

Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.

There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing.