Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've read more

Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've got very, very little time to get out. Most coal miners, they just take and fall down on their face right there — because they're gonna end up that way anyhow, and then you're gonna have to go find your hat.

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in read more

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.

When you go out like that at home, it hurts. I had hoped to see a lot more effort today.

When you go out like that at home, it hurts. I had hoped to see a lot more effort today.

It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch read more

It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?

It was a real comfortable fit for me. The campus, everything.

It was a real comfortable fit for me. The campus, everything.

You may not like this man. You may hate his guts. But you can't convict him on the indictment the read more

You may not like this man. You may hate his guts. But you can't convict him on the indictment the government brought to this court.

While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most read more

While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.