Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

Got tight on absinthe last night. Did knife tricks.

There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.

Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

Let’s not talk about how I am. It’s a subject I know too much about to want to think about anymore.

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.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.