The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.

The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.

I looked over at her; if women knew how good they looked in the dash light of oversized pickup trucks, they'd never get out of them.

A life without friends means death without company. (Adiskidegabeko bizita, auzogabeko heriotza.) —BASQUE PROVERB

Maybe there really isn't any such thing as mortality; life simply wears us out with love.

Henry figured that the reason the Cheyenne had always ridden Appaloosas into battle was because by the time the men got there, they were so angry with the horses they were ready to kill everything.

A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.

I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.

Temptation out of reach does you no good.

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.

Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

It's hard to love a woman and do anything.

Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.

Even a lion finds time to relax and look for a good spot.

It takes Passion to bring a Vision to Life.

No–one believes they’re a hero. But that doesn’t mean they’re not heroic - Captain Spectre.

My Son, Only Tax and Death are for sure.

Too much Oil, gonna spoil YA!(There Will Be Blood 2007 - Movie)

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.

If I swung the gavel the way I swung that golf club, the nation would be in a helluva mess.