Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want

I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography. I never knew what was going to come up next.

One of the advantages of being dead, I guess, is that somebody else can edit all this.

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Las Vegas is the savage heart of the American Dream.

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt