Once upon a time--which, when you come to think of it, is reallythe only proper way to begin a story--the only way that reallysmacks of romance and fairyland--

Hope is what keeps the soul alive.

Be careful of what you assume, what you assume will become what you consume

I can write about all of these bizarre and funny characters in my book, "Diggin' Elroy, " because I know them better than anyone else. I have a little bit of all of them in me.

A politician has an axe to grindWith which he aims to chop off half your mind.

It is not as easy to emigrate with steel mills as it is with the manuscript of a novel.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows

Any man who reaches for a book when he thinks about you is a man that you should think about.

One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by John Florio. That's probably my most precious possession.

My whole life long I have done nothing but interpret my dreams of ultimate masculinity, and draw them.