"Arguably there's no school for any high position of leadership. That said, Theodore Roosevelt was remarkably well prepared for the presidency. He had held executive positions in the military, in local government, in the federal government."

“I knew the men were probably terrible people who whistled at pretty girls, treated their wives like servants, and voted for Nixon every chance they got, but as far as I was concerned, they beat the hell out of a Volvo-load of liberals for hard work and good times.”

Source : James Crumley (2016). “The Last Good Kiss”, p.40, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

“We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.”

“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”

Source : O Pioneers! pt. 2, ch. 4 (1913)

“I feel the madness creeping slowly. Loved by many I'm still lonely.”

Source : "Song: 'The Westerner' ('The Drug in Me Is You')". 2011.

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”

“To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success”

“I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.”

“Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.”