As he spoke, the wind whistled through the gaps in his teeth, creating an odd musical accompaniment to his words. -- unpublished as of Jan 11 2016, but surely due to appear in one of my works eventual...

When one heated exchange (in English) led a commenter to write "Go fuck yourself!" in Lojban, it turned into a lengthy discussion of why he hadn't said what he meant to say, and what the proper Lojban...

Life is too short to spend on a book you don't enjoy.

The lawbreaking itch is not always an anarchic one. In the first place, the human personality has (or ought to have) a natural resistance to coercion. We don't like to be pushed and shoved, even if it...

You never know what you will find in your pants!

When the deputies asked me if I needed anything, I told them I could use a cigarette. I don't smoke but it seemed like the thing someone handcuffed in the back seat of a police car should say.

Write. Write write write write WRITE. Write. Now.(This is an inspirational writing quote.)

I only need half my wits to be a match for you.

curiosity did not kill the cat

Do You want to be a Starfish?

Suddenly, the double doors of the parlor whooshed open. A large fleshy woman stood before me in full regalia. Her eyes were all made up, earrings and bracelets jangling. The sign in the window said Mi...

Ma had been very fashionable, before she married Pa, and a dressmaker had made her clothes.

Lord Emsworth belonged to the people-like-to-be-left-alone-to-amuse-themselves-when-they-come-to-a-place school of hosts

If I had not lived so long I wouldn't be so old!

Writing is a wonderful way to spend the day. Particularly when the alternative is housework!

I could not imagine my youngest standing above her soiled grandmother in the wing chair and saying, "mother, let's kill her. "That's the only choice.

Surrender to the ridiculous

We're really awful animals. I mean, that dumb Barbra Streisand song, 'People who need people are the luckiest people in the world' - she's talking about cannibals. Lot's to eat.

the best of" show was completely gone and we were in big trouble, except we didn't really care.

Wait. Are you about to do something really stupid? -GUARD