God Bless The Reference Librarians

But The Participants [in War] Never Forgot The Details Of Their Experience, And Like The Wandering Jew, They Were Condemned To Remain Their Own History Books, Each Containing A Story They Could Not Pass On To Others And From Which No One Would Learn Anything Of Value.

Humility Is Not A Virtue In A Writer, It Is An Absolute Necessity.

I Also Believe My Home State Is Cursed By Ignorance And Poverty And Racism, Much Of It Deliberately Inculcated To Control A Vulnerable Electorate. And I Believe Many Of The Politicians In Louisiana Are Among The Most Stomach-churning Examples Of White Trash And Venality I Have Ever Known. To Me, The Fact That Large Numbers Of People Find Them Humorously Picaresque Is Mind Numbing, On A Level With Telling Fond Tales Of One's Rapist.

You Have Two Choices In Life. You Either Die Or Do Something With Your Time. You're Going To Be Doing Something - Why Not Write?

I Believe The Causes That Create Them [serial Killers] Are Theological In Nature, Rather Than Societal. I Believe They Make A Conscious Choice To Erase God's Thumbprint From Their Souls.