A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

I noticed at once that Depp had a dangerously energized intelligence . . . He was a suave little brute, but he had a wicked sense of humor and a rare instinct for escalation.

The Hell's Angels try not to do anything halfway, and anyone who deals in extremes is bound to cause trouble, whether he means to or not. This, along with a belief in total retaliation for any offense or insult, is what makes the Hell's Angels unmanageable for the police and morbidly fascinating to the general public.

I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen - and have the real business of the presidency conducted by ... a city manager-type, a Prime Minister, somebody who's directly answerable to Congress, rather than a person who moves all his friends into the White House and does whatever he wants for four years.

and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly

The McGovern/McCarthy type candidacies have disappointed too many people, because of a disillusionment with the candidates themselves.