I just want to live my own life instead of everyone else’s version of it.

The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I was.

It was a rotten time to try to be a man in America. Until Blue came along I’d never even spent time around a man. Hell, I’d never even seen one. Where were all the men in this once great land?

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

Over the years most of my peers had come to hate me—I never understood why. I guess I was just different and, like dogs, they could smell it. So I never had many friends.

Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

Have you ever noticed how good things go to those who hate?

The simple act of sitting here sipping this cappuccino is its own testament to my commitment to living the writer’s life. Which is to say: doing nothing but doing it exceedingly well.

I wondered about my inner child. In fact, I was troubled. Did I even have an inner child, I asked myself, given that, in essence, I’d just been born?

I wouldn’t be caught dead sacrificing myself for this country.

When it rains it pours and when it shines you get melanoma.

Peace of mind is the power in the moment.

Other people dream while they are asleep. I plot new book ideas.

Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul.

I find it difficult to trust my eyes. Things are never what they seem.

Insanity is a gradual process - don't rush it.

London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.

What you do with your eyes in some cases is a matter of life and death. To look at focus on the sickness brings death. To look at focus on God's Word brings life.

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?

I start work around 8 a.m. and usually finish around noon. If there's more to do, I do it in the late afternoon, although that isn't prime time for me.