Be one of those rare people who just don't know how to quit.

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

Until you make peace with who you are you'll never be content with what you have.

The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.

Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.

Music… is a memory bank for finding one’s way about the world.

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.

I am fearless when I think I'm alone.

How much Joy can a human mind encompass in one lifetime?