The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now & with somebody & and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.

Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.

In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home —and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies , a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert.

To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully.

I am a road man for the lords of karma.

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.