We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

It isn't how you die. It's what you live for.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

The religion I have to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.

Heaven must be a Kentucky kind of place.

Fear is the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

No, I never did get lost, but I was bewildered for three days once.

I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after.

Affect the main character or characters and you win the game.

Prayer can do anything God can do and God can do anything!

I don't think there will be fascism in America, but we have to do everything we can to fight against it.

You shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans.

Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.

Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace.

So much better to travel than to arrive.

If the world is a game whose rules are written by the God, and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?

I get ideas about things I want to make and then I throw myself into it with everything I have.

I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.