George Singleton
You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O. The reader will get it.Collection: Rain
Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.Collection: Writing
There's a ton of truth in Flannery O'Connor's notion that "Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."Collection: Childhood
One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.Collection: Memories
Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role.Collection: Feel Better
Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.Collection: Writing
I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.Collection: Water
Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.Collection: Selfish
I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.Collection: Dog
I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medicare card every other day to a doctor because I'm 400 pounds overweight.Collection: Party