I ruined my health drinking to other people's.
New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.