Robert Louis Stevenson...was a storyteller, that's what I'd like to be, that's what I'm trying to be

Your life informs your writing.

For every hero, there has to be a fall guy, and the greater the triumph on one hand, the greater the humiliation on the other.

If ever we find the truth to be offensive, then we must be prepared to change what is true.

.... does a fair trial necessarily amount to a fair outcome?

I am Dracula, and I bid you welcome . . .

I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.

I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.

The beat generation (coined in Playboy)

I do greatly admire Australian artists.

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

Failure is awesome. Failure means you tried something, you tested it, and you learned some things. Failure gives you the tools to move forward.

I reject the peak oil theory insofar as it refers to technological limits on human ingenuity.