That's One Of The Great

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

I Looked At Lucas With The Pang That A Parent Feels When He Knows His Child Will Be Hurt And That It's No One's Fault And That To Try To Preempt The Rites Of Passage Is An Act Of Contempt For The Child's Courage.

I Feel Blessed In The Knowledge That I Probably Belong To The Last Generation That Will Remember What We Call "traditional America."

We Decry Violence All The Time In This Country, But Look At Our History. We Were Born In A Violent Revolution, And We've Been In Wars Ever Since. We're Not A Pacific People.

And Like Most Middle-aged People Who Hear The Clock Ticking In Their Lives, I Had Come To Resent A Waste Or Theft Of My Time That Was Greater Than Any Theft Of My Goods Or Money.