There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.

Most horror movies are certainly that.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides.

Ninety-seven saint days a year wouldn't affect the theater, but two Yom Kippurs would ruin it.