Getting drunk was good. I decided that I would always like getting drunk. It took away the obvious and maybe if you could get away from the obvious often enough, you wouldn't become so obvious yourself.

from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.

If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.

When Ginsburg is at the top of his game you might as well put down your toys and listen.

I never pump up my vulgarity. I wait for it to arrive in its own terms.

as the spirit wanes the form appears

The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up.