My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

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.

All I'd heard for two months in the trenches was the hissing, cracking and whining of bullets in flight, machine-gun read more

All I'd heard for two months in the trenches was the hissing, cracking and whining of bullets in flight, machine-gun fire and distant German voices.

I have to be realistic. Everest has about a 33 percent success ratio. That's a one in three shot. I'm read more

I have to be realistic. Everest has about a 33 percent success ratio. That's a one in three shot. I'm a little older than most. This is my first trip. Most people wind up making a couple of trips before they summit. I don't know what my chances will be.

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left read more

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.

There have been talks for 12 years.

There have been talks for 12 years.

I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money read more

We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money and have better benefits.