A firm hand is one which holds the horse in full contact.

Neither should, for the same reason, the lessons be for too long a period; they fatigue and bore a horse, and it should be returned to the stable with the same good spirits it had upon leaving it.

Above all, a horse should never be chastised out of foul mood or anger, but always with complete dispassion.

The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.

In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.

A light hand is one which never feels the contact of the bit with the bars.

I’ll take stolen kisses and trysts in the cane fields for as long as I live over a life without you in it.

In America, we are living in a society which is moving more and more toward an oligarchic form of society where government is dominated heavily by big-money interests.

I dreamed of doing stuff like Will Smith and films on a big scale.

Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

Think: who has vans, huh? Soccer moms and serial killers.

Things that are real are given and received in silence.

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.

Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That's important.