“It was really amazing the number of hard hits from which a mind could recover.”

“They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from it's fellows.”

“Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.”

“Stories are artifacts, not really made things which we create and can take credit for, but pre-existing objects which we dig up.”

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”

“I am your number one fan.”

“You could start at a path leading nowhere more fantastic than from your own front steps to the sidewalk, and from there you could go… well, anywhere at all.”