Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor.

If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.

The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.

...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative.

Dear Abby has had her day, now it's my turn!

One must speak in such a way that although someone else, or many others, or an infinite number of people have said it before, it seems as though you said it first.

Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.

Walk through the storm fearless and strong. Follow your heart, it's all about to you.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git sick; but every time you's gwyne to git well agin.

Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.