It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.

The events of the Civil War are so odd, ferocious, and poignant that fictional characters do well simply to inhabit them.

I had been saying to myself for a good many years that I was really a writer and that I was in advertising temporarily.

I'm a workaday writer.

The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

I've always wanted to have children and become a father, without question.

God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God.