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

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

Decadence is wonderful.

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 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.

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

Sometimes It's awesome to be childish with your friend or partner.

Die: To stop sinning suddenly.

While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of sheer boredom.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.

Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.

I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean.

I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.