I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

What impressed me most about New York were its huge apartment houses.

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow.

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.

I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.