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 r…

- George Singleton

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.

- George Singleton

I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medica…

- George Singleton

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

- George Singleton

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

- George Singleton

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' tax…

- George Singleton

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.

- George Singleton

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

- George Singleton

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.

- George Singleton