Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open.

If you're a writer, you want to get your soul out there, where people can look at it.

For some people, their idea of getting tough is longer suspended sentences.

And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me.

I sat down and knitted for some time - my usual resource under discouraging circumstances.

Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.

The truth, however, was stranger still.

Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings.

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.