It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Always live in active consciousness

Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.

Paradigm shift: does that come before swing shift or after?

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things.

A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if you like it or not.

I love isolation. It's very important for me to have time and space to myself when I can sit and read or write as well as paint. It's all part of the process.

As a writer, I have always considered it my job to describe the world as I know it; to struggle toward whatever portion of the truth is available to me.