Grown men do not need leaders.

I stand for what I stand on.

When riding my old Harley a ninety per at midnight down the Via Roma in Naples, I kept one consolation firmly in mind: If anything goes wrong, I'll never have time to regret it.

A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage.

Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all. We never did figure out who won that war.

Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.