I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.

There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself.

There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.

Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.

Sometimes you had to make the animals perform.

To think, or not to think...This is the true question.

When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.

We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth?

Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you.

I was warned the camels can be nasty, especially the young ones. I was warned to give it a wide berth.

Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.

Why are you sitting here when our democracy is under assault with the FBI acting at the behest of [Republican Congressman] Jason Chaffetz and sitting here acting like it is something legit?

When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization - any kind of civilization - disappears.

Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!

I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.