Looking Back, Of Course, It Was Irresponsible,

A Man Does Not See Where He Treads In Battle, For He Is Watching The Enemy.

Of Course Some Days Are Easier Than Others, But My Worst Day Is Better Than Being In Most Humdrum Occupations.

You'll Call Me Damned Jew, A Christ Murderer, A Secret Worshipper Of Pigs And A Kidnapper Of Christian Children. How Absurd! Who Would Want To Kidnap Children, Christian Or Otherwise? Vile Things. The Only Mercy Of Children Is That They Grow Up, As My Son Has But Then, Tragically, They Beget More Children. We Do Not Learn Life's Lessons.

Book Tours And Research Provide A Lot Of Travel - Too Much, I Sometimes Think, But We Do Take Vacations.

What I Mean By That Is That The Point Of Life, As I See It, Is Not To Write Books Or Scale Mountains Or Sail Oceans, But To Achieve Happiness, And Preferably An Unselfish Happiness.