Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

You have to be a little bad to make history.

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

When you don't know what to do, do what's right and do what's in front of you. But not necessarily what's right in front of you.

Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.

one doesn't interrupt a beautiful girl unless one is going to be funny.