“I think it's time that we have a women's show about the West. The concentration …” — Louis L'Amour

The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the man who was ranching, the man who was mining, the man who was opening up the country.

All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.