Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.

At 14 you are still in most respects a dependent youth, in some respects a child. At 24 you are an adult. In between, extraordinary turbulences take place.

Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers.

I still feel like I'm 19. We're old now!

... I think we grieve forever, but that goes for love too, fortunately for us all.

When I had spent a few days without thinking, without doing anything, I would feel a sudden urge to paint. Then I would set up my easel in full sunshine.

The key to faith is love. We believe only if we love. Trust is the middle term; only if we love, do we trust; and only if we trust, do we believe.

It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment.

I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.

Do not, as you value the health and happiness of those who sit at your table, place before them hot leavened bread or biscuit.