Decadence is wonderful.

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.

I am a registered Democrat (there are only two Republicans in Maryland and they're both in office) and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office myself.

You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.

...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it.

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.

I write novels and other things.

First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

Her joyful spirit would bring laughter and happiness to anyone in her life with the same natural ease that a rose blooms and sheds its perfume.

If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

Self-leadership is the most effective way to train leaders. How do you do that? Empower them to make decisions, you as a leader back them up and allow them to follow through

Prayer becomes religious when you try use it for something God never intended.

There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart, The rifle grooves curling with flakes of rust. A spider will make a silver string nest in the darkest, warmest corner of it.

If you think 'loading the dishwasher' means 'getting your wife drunk', you might be a redneck

There are always people who are going to be opportunistic when they see situations unfolding the way that they are in New Orleans.

I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.

Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?

With some hard work I'm sure you'll be able to walk again.