All the information in the universe, plus several bits from other dimensions that I'm still trying to sort out, have just been mainlined into my nerv….

That's the difference between a real journal and one that's invented for a novel. A novel journal has to be manipulated so someone reading it can hav….

It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for..

One cannot say everything at once..

The writer, as I see it, has the right of way, so it's up to the reader to look out..

There's something Vichy about the French..

She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she is Lost - lost….

As Americans, we do love punishment..

Faith is agreeing with God and saying what He says about you..

Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you..

And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside..

A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom..

We are what we wear, we wear what we are.

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you..

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy..

Where there is change, there is happiness.

Asleep or awake, writing or reading, whatever you do, you must never be without the remembrance of God..

For things to change, we must change..

I'm on the road so much that I don't get to spend as much time there as I would like..

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies..

Nobody will listen to you unless they sense that you like them..