Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read.

Bankruptcy is like losing your virginity. It doesn't hurt the next time.

Man has survived and prospered for more than 150,000 years on this planet without the help of use-by dates.

All field sports people are doing is turning an inevitable necessity into a pleasure. If the animal is going to be killed anyway, why not take pleasure in it?

By the middle of Henry VIII's reign, the white meats — that is, dairy products — were considered common fare and people from all classes would eat meat whenever they could get it.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

We speak of searching for happiness, of finding contentment, as if these were locations on an atlas, actual places that we could visit if only we had the proper map and the right navigational skills.

When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

Just as a father feels it is all ending and his children are off to start their own families, a new role begins. In midlife, Dad may experience his second "fatherhood" as a grandparent.

I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.

I am against government by crony.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?

Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.