One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.

Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.

I've just completed a five-year period that can perhaps best be called a breathing spell. A time of getting my health back and gathering my strength. That time also included incredible cocaine abuse, a heart attack and my wife's recovery from both alcoholism and cocaine abuse.

I wanted to get a job as a gynecologist, but I couldn't find an opening.

It's way beyond ironic that a place called the Holy Land is the location of the fiercest, most deeply felt hatred in the world. And it makes for wonderful theater.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.