You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O. The reader will get it.

Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.

One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.

There's a ton of truth in Flannery O'Connor's notion that "Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role.

I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.

Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.

Money is good, but I prefer food, water, gold, weapon and energy.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

My heart is breaking for a little love

Friends that I value most are people who would essentially use physical violence against me at a time when I seem to be teetering on the edge.

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!

Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.

When I chop wood, I chop wood. When I carry water, I carry water.

Time doesn't heal all wounds; God heals wounds.

I'm hoping to become a recording artist and make albums and go on tour.