but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry.

there is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day

if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready.

The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.

Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.