There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It’s a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I’d take advantage of it while you can.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.

I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.

Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.

Any combination of a 250-pound Mexican and LSD-25 is a potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach

There is a progression of understanding vis-à-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance --physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. . . Which is exactly the way it should be . . .