Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

Quote by Jimmy Buffett

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Why dont we get drunk and screw?

Why dont we get drunk and screw?

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you...

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you...

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about...

Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about...

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If...

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if...

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

My mother insisted that her children read.

My mother insisted that her children read.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

I sell escapism.

I sell escapism.

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.