I use the [vulgar] words because apparently these words do not corrupt morally. I'm from the street in New York, hung around in a tough neighborhood. It was common to curse, you make your point. It's a very effective language. I try not to overdo it. It's never to shock. I know where it fits, it's never to shock. There's no shock value left in words.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse.

Most people are not particularly good at anything.

No one who has had "Taps" played for them has ever been able to hear it.

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.

We think in language. We think in words. Language is the landscape of thought.