Most people never listen.

Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.

There is no night life in Spain. They stay up late but they get up late. That is not night life. That is delaying the day.

For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.

We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood.