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.

Sometimes guys'll say to you, 'Have a good one'. I say, 'I already have a good one. Now I'm looking for a longer one'.

Most of the time people feel okay. Probably it's because at the moment they're not actually dying.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage.