Life Doesn't Happen Along Interstates. It's Against

It's Difficult To Write A Book Where A Character Is On Virtually Every Page Of The Book But You Cannot Refer To His Or Her Gender. It Gets Rid Of Every His, Her, She And He.

Having Made The Trip From St. Louis To The Pacific Ocean Myself Going Up Up Up Against Twenty-five Hundred Miles Of The Missouri River, I Can Testify That It's One Of The Most Arduous Trips That Anyone Can Make On This Continent And Yet I Had A Power Boat To Do It In.

To Say Nothing Is Out Here Is Incorrect; To Say The Desert Is Stingy With Everything Except Space And Light, Stone And Earth Is Closer To The Truth.

Other Than To Amuse Himself, Why Should A Man Pretend To Know Where He's Going Or Understand What He Sees?

The Hotel Was Once Where Things Coalesced, Where You Could Meet Both Townspeople And Travelers. Not So In A Motel. No Matter How You Build It, The Motel Remains The Haunt Of The Quick And Dirty, Where The Only Locals Are Chamber Of Commerce Boys Every Fourth Thursday. Who Ever Heard The Returning Traveler Exclaim Over One Of The Great Motels Of The World He Stayed In? Motels Can Be Big, But Never Grand.